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<description>The most recent additions to MEI's Website (publications, editorials, upcoming events, upcoming presentations, media releases, opinion polls, economic exercises).</description>
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		<title>Hollowing-out of corporate Canada: Is there cause for concern? Should anything be done?</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_events_en.php?events_id=260</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>The MEI is pleased to invite you to attend a luncheon debate with Jean-Luc Landry, President of Landry Morin Inc., and Charles Sirois, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telesystem Ltd. 

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			<category>Upcoming Events</category>
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		<title>Time to call truce in subsidies bidding wars - CSeries is example of risking some jobs to create others</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_en.php?editorials_id=644</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu,  8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>Establishing a business location: how can we prevent a subsidies race?</description>
			<category>Editorials</category>
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		<title>Sensationnalisme et tromperie</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_en.php?editorials_id=643</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu,  8 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>Analysis of data from the 2006 Census on Canadians' earnings and income.</description>
			<category>Editorials</category>
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			<title>George Petty Prize - Water as a strategic resource in Quebec's economic development</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_mediareleases_en.php?mediareleases_id=173</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue,  6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>The 2008 George Petty Entrepreneurial Idea Prize has been awarded to hydrogeologist Martin Stapinsky, M.Sc., Ph.D., for his article titled  Water as a strategic resource in Quebec's economic development. 

 The George Petty Essay Contest aims to recognize and reward original and innovative solutions likely to promote our society's prosperity and well-being.  <a href="http://www.iedm.org/main/show_mediareleases_en.php?mediareleases_id=173">[...]</a></description>
			<category>Media Releases</category>
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		<title>Postes Canada: de l'air frais S.V.P.!</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_en.php?editorials_id=642</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon,  5 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>Why maintain a public monopoly on mail delivery?</description>
			<category>Editorials</category>
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			<title>The cost of the coast guard and the fire department</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_exercise_en.php?exercise_id=45</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu,  1 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description> Question: In a recent op-ed ( Financial Post, April 19, 2008), a lawyer criticized the federal government's argument that it costs nothing to protect (or monitor) the seal hunters, because the coast guard's boats and aircraft are owned and the crews are on salary. "Does it cost nothing to put out fires in Toronto because it owns the trucks and firefighters aren't on piecework?," the lawyer asked rhetorically.  <a href="http://www.iedm.org/main/show_exercise_en.php?exercise_id=45">[...]</a></description>
			<category>Economic Exercises</category>
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		<title>De mouton noir à brebis galeuse</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_en.php?editorials_id=641</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu,  1 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>The closing of the TQS news service by Remstar.</description>
			<category>Editorials</category>
			<author></author>
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		<title>Le Canada épargné</title>
		<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_editorials_en.php?editorials_id=640</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description>How the food crisis affects Canada.</description>
			<category>Editorials</category>
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			<title>The private sector within a public health care system: The French example</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=221</link>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
				<description>Economic Note on the role of the private sector in France's health care system</description>
				<category>Publications</category>
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			<title>How can the NIMBY syndrome be avoided?</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=220</link>
			<guid>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=220</guid>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
				<description>Economic Note on the impact of structured opposition movements on the economic development</description>
				<category>Publications</category>
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			<title>Bringing back tolls on Quebec highways</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=219</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon,  3 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
				<description>Economic Note on the financing of Quebec's roadwork</description>
				<category>Publications</category>
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			<title>International aid: How to encourage development in poor countries?</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=218</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
				<description>Economic Note on the ineffectiveness of current international assistance</description>
				<category>Publications</category>
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			<title>Is there a market in romantic relationships?</title>
			<link>http://www.iedm.org/main/show_publications_en.php?publications_id=217</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
				<description>Economic Note on the rational behaviour that partly guides the search for a partner</description>
				<category>Publications</category>
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			<title>Opinion of Quebeckers on the Autonomy of School Principals</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<category>Opinion Polls</category>
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			<title>Opinion des Québécois quant à l'autonomie des directeurs et directrices d'écoles</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
			<description></description>
			<category>Opinion Polls</category>
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