Taxation in Canada 2026 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI

Canadians feel that high taxes reduce their living standards, and are critical of several spendthrift governmental decisions, shows this MEI-Ipsos poll.

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A220: Quebec must avoid repeating the sunk cost fallacy, says the MEI

Montreal, July 14, 2026 – The Quebec government must resist the temptation to sink more funds into the Airbus A220 project, says the MEI in reaction to a recent announcement from Economy Minister Bernard Drainville.

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Ontario government tops Canada’s corporate welfare charts as business subsidies jump more than 200 per cent over the past decade

Montreal, July 10, 2026 – Ontario could offer the lowest corporate tax rates in North America if it replaced its business subsidies with general corporate tax cuts, points out the MEI.

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Canadians are sending the message that they’ve had enough of paying more to receive less. As grocery and housing prices keep climbing higher and higher, taxpayers are fed up with seeing their governments spending so recklessly.

Renaud Brossard, Taxation in Canada 2026 – Ipsos poll commissioned by the MEI, July 16, 2026

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Winnipeg Sun, p. A14

Gov­ern­ment spend­ing must stop

If gov­ern­ments are ser­i­ous about growth, they must refo­cus on effi­ciency: curb spend­ing, lower taxes,…
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Is AI going to replace human intelligence? Don’t count on it

In large part because of these intrinsic limitations of large language models, the doomsday scenarios…
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Canada has an investment crisis—and we need more than a Wall Street pitch to fix it

Canada faces a significant investment crisis, with domestic capital leaving the country faster than foreign…
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