Federal budget: Carney government posts largest deficit in Canadian history outside the pandemic

Montreal, November 4, 2025 — Repackaging record spending as “investments” while offering no credible path back to balance is the opposite of responsible fiscal stewardship, asserts the MEI in response to the tabling of the…

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Manifesto for a Genuinely Competitive Patient-Centred Healthcare System

Reforming Canada’s healthcare systems in order to make private provision accessible within the public health insurance scheme would help improve access to care for Canadian patients, recommends this MEI Research Paper. “The best performing universal…

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Optional union dues: The Legault government should go further, says an MEI researcher

Montreal, October 30, 2025 – The provincial government should allow union members to withdraw individually from the portion of union dues used for political activities, says an MEI researcher in reaction to the tabling of…

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The best performing universal healthcare systems in the world are not those where the public sector has a monopoly. It is rather those that apply the principles of competition to place the patient at the heart of the decision-making process which achieve the best results.

Professor Marcel Boyer, “Manifesto for a Genuinely Competitive Patient-Centred Healthcare System,” October 30, 2025

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What would Queen Elizabeth I think of Canada’s crazy spending?

Give the highest priority to finance. That was Queen Elizabeth I’s top rule of her…
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Ontario is the new corporate welfare king

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Words and woes of dirigisme: The perils of government central planning

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Prescriptions for Health Reform - Putting Patients First

Join us in Montreal on November 19th, 2025 for a one-day forum exploring best practices for health reform, with a focus of putting patients first. Hear from leading experts from Canada and abroad, such as Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, on everything from new technologies to tried and tested policies for holding health systems accountable.

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