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Lessons from Ranking the Fiscal Performance of Quebec Premiers Since 1944

Former Premier Jacques Parizeau takes the top prize in terms of fiscal responsibility, according to this ranking of Quebec premiers since 1944 published by the MEI. The size of the Quebec government reached a historic…

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Canada’s and Quebec’s Energy Needs (2022)

A majority of Quebecers support the development of a local energy sector, according to an IPSOS poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).

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Electricity in Quebec before Nationalization(1)

To mark this week’s 60th anniversary of the election of the Jean Lesage government in 1962, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) publishes a short work of economic history looking at the national myth surrounding Hydro-Québec…

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The MEI's Economic Quizzes

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.

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Energy Policies

Calgary Herald, p. web

What does Ottawa get for killing the golden goose of Alberta's energy production?

By capping our oil and gas sector’s emissions, Ottawa risks killing the golden goose while…
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Energy Policies

True North, p. web

Capping energy industry emissions is all pain, no gain

Ottawa’s oil and gas emissions cap proposal amounts to nothing more than political greenwashing, where…
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The Hub, p. web

Large cost for little upside: Why the government’s digital services tax is not worth the trouble

The Trudeau government has plans to impose a tax on digital services. The case for…
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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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