Services sociauxSocial Services
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 23
The impact of subsidized childcare services.
www.quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/youri-chassin, p. Web
The impact of subsidized childcare services.
www.huffingtonpost.ca/michel-kellygagnon, p. Web
The Greek debt and the welfare state.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 25
The World March of Women.
www.journalmetro.com, p. Web
Can we still afford $7 daycare?
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 29
The war on poverty and school drop outs.
Idea discussed in Le Journal de Montréal (Cahier Votre argent)
Eleven ideas from the MEI for getting Quebec out of its torpor.
Idea discussed in Le Journal de Montréal (Cahier Votre argent)
Eleven ideas from the MEI for getting Quebec out of its torpor.
Publication of an Economic Note and an opinion poll on social assistance reforms.
Economic Note on the social assistance reforms instituted in the United States and in some Canadian provinces
In the past dozen years, the number of people on social assistance has fallen sharply across North America. In Quebec, the number of recipients went from 813,200 in March 1996 to 492,941 in October 2006, or 6.4% of the population, the lowest level since the late 1970s. Despite this, the province has the continent’s highest proportion of people on social assistance apart from Newfoundland and the District of Columbia. This reflects both a traditionally higher level and a lower reduction than elsewhere.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 27
Index of Economic Freedom's 2007 Edition.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 25
CROP public poll on Quebecers' social generosity.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 26
The 2006 Montreal Millennium Promise Conference.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 4, 26
The cost of our politicians' promises.
Publication of an Economic Note on the perverse effects of a subsidized childcare system.
www.cyberpresse.ca, p. Web
Publication of an Economic Note on the perverse effects of a subsidized childcare system.
Economic Note on the perverse effects of a subsidized childcare system
With the stated aim of preventing “two-tier” childcare from emerging, the Quebec government recently blocked subsidized private daycare centres from engaging in extra-billing for supplementary activities. This coercive measure is a logical outcome of the centralization and standardization process that began a decade ago. Although the Quebec childcare model is seen by many as being among the most advanced in Canada or even the world in terms of family policy, the perverse effects of government management are being felt increasingly. Does this policy really suit the parents it was meant to help?
www.lesaffaires.com/pointdevue, p. Web
Publication of an Economic note on the living standards of people in Quebec.
Economic note on the living standards of people in Quebec.
How do the living standards of people in Quebec compare with those elsewhere in North America? This issue stirs up a profusion of emotional reactions from diverse standpoints. Differences of opinion stem in part from the fact that the available data fail to provide a clear image and can easily cause confusion. Some vague general indicators suggest that living standards in Quebec may be comparable to those in Ontario. Other more objective data show, however, that Quebec is relatively poor compared to the other Canadian provinces and U.S. states.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 26
Sweatshops in developing countries.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 24
Quebec must increase competition in daycare sector.
Le Journal de Montréal, p. 22
Is globalization responsible for world poverty?
Part II of Mike Harris & Preston Manning’s Vision Statement for a New Canada.
In this second volume of the Canada Strong and Free series, we want to return to the first component of our national vision – enabling Canadians to achieve the highest quality of life in the world. While quality of life means different things to different people, in this volume we have focused on how our principles of freedom of choice, acceptance of personal responsibility, and rebalanced federalism can dramatically improve the provision of education, welfare, health care, and child care in Canada.
Le Point de l’IEDM (in French) on funding for child care in Quebec.
Le spectre d'une grève générale dans le réseau des 310 Centres de la petite enfance (CPE) affiliés à la CSN – avec les tracas et les pertes de revenus qu'il cause aux parents – représente le fruit amer de la quasi-nationalisation des garderies en 1997. Depuis lors, la négociation d'une convention collective à l'échelle du Québec a engendré des grèves causant la perte de 73 000 jours personnes de travail, soit plus du double des 34 000 jours personnes perdus de 1990 à 1997 inclusivement.
Le Point (in French) on a central aspect of welfare reform: making work worth more
A reform now taking place is modifying the social assistance program, in particular by increasing the appeal of work and encouraging recipients to make more effort to work. For this to happen, paid work has to be more remunerative than the alternative, which consists of receiving a cheque and putting one’s time to other uses.
The reasons behind high gasoline prices.
Economic Note (in French) on the causes of the housing crisis in Quebec and solutions to solve it
A number of university researchers and pressure groups have suggested that the housing crisis affecting Quebec’s main metropolitan areas is caused by greater poverty among the population, reduced budgets for construction of social housing, or the inability of private business to adapt to new lifestyles in Quebec. The most recent data show us, however, that these explanations fail to stand up.
How to interpret statistics on poverty.
Globalization is good for the poor.
Economic note (in French) on poverty and social mobility
Some public statements in the media on the topic of poverty contain exaggerations and even downright falsehoods. We often get the impression that low-income people are very numerous and that this is a permanent condition for most of them. This perception in fact runs counter to reality. The duration of poverty is one area where social mobility research can provide answers. Greater social mobility is allowing for better adaptation to continuing economic change.
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Economic Note on the perverse effects of a subsidized childcare system
Economic Note on the social assistance reforms instituted in the United States and in some Canadian provinces
Le Point de l’IEDM (in French) on funding for child care in Quebec.
Economic note on the living standards of people in Quebec.
Part II of Mike Harris & Preston Manning’s Vision Statement for a New Canada.
Le Point (in French) on a central aspect of welfare reform: making work worth more
Economic Note (in French) on the causes of the housing crisis in Quebec and solutions to solve it
Tuition fees increase
Interview with Michel Kelly-Gagnon, President and CEO of the MEI, broadcast on May 1st, 2012, on CBC TV.
Produced by The World Show, in partnership with the MEI, this series features some of the most dynamic and influential Canadian and American free-market thinkers and activists.
Next episode: Lawrence Reed, president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)
Broadcast on WCFE Mountain Lake PBS: Thursday May 17, 10:30PM, and Sunday May 20, 09:30AM
L’OCDE publie un indice évaluant l’ouverture économique des pays aux investisseurs étrangers. Dans un...
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