The Benefits of Eliminating the Middle-Income Tax Bracket

Eliminating the second tax bracket and replacing it with an extended first bracket would help more than 8.5 million middle-class Canadians, according to this Economic Note published by the MEI. “Taxes, high inflation and now…

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REACTION: Quebec is right to emulate Sweden’s health care guarantee, says MEI

Montreal, March 12, 2025 — By offering to reimburse Quebecers for treatment by private specialists when delays in the public healthcare system are too long, the Quebec government would improve access to health care, says…

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REACTION: Emissions cap not worth the job and economic losses, MEI says

Montreal, March 12, 2025 – The federal oil and gas emissions cap will cost tens of thousands of well-paid jobs for very little environmental impact, points out an MEI researcher in response to the Parliamentary…

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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

The Hamilton Spectator, p. A16

It’s time to give the middle class a real tax break

Lowering the second bracket to 15 per cent wouldn’t just help workers keep more of…
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Sun Media Papers

Trudeau and Carney are singing the same tune on deficits

While Mark Carney may use different words to promote them, his plans to grow Canada’s…
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Liberalization of Markets

Montreal Gazette, p. A7

What Legault should do instead of sending big cheques to businesses

The Quebec Premier's usual strategy of sending out big cheques, this time to businesses affected…
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