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Canada drops two places on the 2024 International Tax Competitiveness Index

Montreal, October 21, 2024 – Recent tax measures such as the increase in the capital gains inclusion rate have made Canada a less attractive place to do business, notes a researcher from the MEI reacting…

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Boosting Income Mobility through Economic Liberty in Quebec

High taxes and excessive regulation are making it harder for Canadians to climb the income ladder, shows this MEI study. “Economic studies have clearly shown that lower taxes and regulatory burdens tend to favour growth…

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Energy in Canada 2024 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI

More than half of Canadians are against the federal mandate forcing all new cars sold in Canada to be electric by 2035, shows this MEI-Ipsos survey. “Across the country, Canadians are a lot more hesitant…

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The reason to care about economics, and the reason to study it, is not just to understand material well-being, but instead it's about a much bigger picture: how we cooperate in a world of strangers and diversity, and how we turn that cooperation into better and longer and more peaceful lives for more people.

Steven Horwitz (1964-2021), Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Ball State University.

MEI in the Media

Labour

Montreal Gazette, p. A7

Quebecers merit a better shot at income mobility

To get ahead, sometimes you need government to get out of the way. On that…
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Op-eds

National Post, p. web

Blame poor government choices for high food costs, not 'greedflation'

The causes and culprits of food inflation are clearly explained by well-known economic principles and…
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Energy Policies

The Hub, p. web

Northvolt’s struggles a cautionary tale for Canada’s risky industrial policy

Governments are not equipped to predict which industries will succeed, and when they try to…
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