Corporate subsidies cost $945 per Quebecer

Montreal, July 8, 2026 – Quebec could offer businesses the lowest tax rates in North America if it replaced the subsidies it pays out with corporate tax rate reductions, points out the MEI.

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Improving Canadian Patients’ Access to Care: The Role of Duplicate Private Health Insurance

Canada has one of the highest healthcare spending rates in the world, yet its patients still face some of the longest wait times for treatment. Solutions do exist, but Canada simply refuses to apply them,…

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Housing: Three steps the provincial government can take right now to make housing more affordable

Montreal, June 29, 2026 – With a view to bringing housing prices back to more affordable levels, the MEI recommends three measures the Fréchette government could adopt in order to increase the supply of housing…

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Despite the colossal sums we devote to our healthcare systems, Canadians still struggle to get the care they need in a timely manner. We should adopt proven solutions, such as the Australian and Danish models of duplicative insurance, to make sure health care is more accessible, whether public or private.

Conrad Eder, Improving Canadian Patients’ Access to Care: The Role of Duplicate Private Health Insurance, July 2, 2026

MEI in the Media

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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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The Hub, p. web

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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Op-eds

The Hub, p. web

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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