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The “Forgotten” Keynes on Government Spending, Inflation, and Price Controls

Famed British economist John Maynard Keynes would have disagreed with the Bank of Canada’s policy of purchasing government bonds with newly-minted cash, according to this joint study published by the Montreal Economic Institute and the…

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Bill 22 on expropriation: A step backward for property rights according to the MEI

Montreal, May 25, 2023 – The new Act respecting expropriation proposed by the Quebec government constitutes a big step backward for property rights in Quebec, says the Montreal Economic Institute following the tabling of Bill…

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Broadband Use and Energy Efficiency: Facilitating Emissions Reductions

The private sector’s contribution to the reduction of GHG emissions is too often overlooked. In this publication by the MEI, Senior Policy Analyst Krystle Wittevrongel shines a light on the emission reductions generated by the…

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Financial Post, p. FP7

Ottawa's extension of forced interswitching is no way to run the railways

In order to score easy points with an electoral coalition, Ottawa is ready to risk…
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Liberalization of Markets

The Hub, p. web

5G investments reduce carbon emissions—The government just needs to get out of the way

In the telecommunications sector, fixed and mobile broadband networks have facilitated positive environmental changes and…
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Health Care

iedm.org, p. web

“Failing to Deliver” Report Actually Fails to See the Bigger Health System Picture

Comparing today’s system, which is still reeling from COVID-19 and its additional strain and added…
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The State of the Boreal Forest Harvest

Setting the record straight on mistaken information about the forest harvest in Canada.

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