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Daniel Dufort

Vice President of Operations

Daniel Dufort holds a Bachelor of Laws from Laval University. He has worked for a major Canadian public relations firm, where he focused on government relations, crisis management, and the public positioning of corporations. For many years, he worked in federal politics, which led him to work in the Prime Minister’s Office as a speechwriter, issues manager, and stakeholder relations advisor. He has also been the Director of Issues Management and a policy advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure. Daniel Dufort was the MEI’s Senior Director of External Relations, Communications and Development from June 2018 to October 2020 and he has been Vice President of Operations since July 2022.

March 29, 2023

5-minute read

Budget fédéral 2023-2024 – Un mur dont on se rapproche rapidement

Plutôt que d’améliorer fondamentalement le climat d’affaires, le gouvernement Trudeau propose encore une fois un budget foncièrement interventionniste et de nouvelles dépenses spectaculaires.

April 22, 2020

6-minute read

Where Are Patients Most Likely to Give Up and Go Home?

In which Quebec emergency rooms are patients most likely to return home without having seen a doctor? The “2020 Ranking of ER Overcrowding in Quebec” describes the situation over the past year and measures the evolution of the situation over five years using data obtained through a request for access to information, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 16, 2020

4-minute read

Des solutions pour aider les restaurateurs

L’industrie de la restauration est sans l’ombre d’un doute l’une des plus affectées par les mesures de distanciation physique présentement en vigueur.

April 16, 2020

5-minute read

Solutions to Help Restaurateurs

The physical distancing measures in effect to slow the propagation of the coronavirus are hitting the restaurant industry hard. An MEI publication proposes solutions to help the sector.

March 26, 2020

2-minute read

Less regulation, more production

Given the urgent need for products that can help limit the propagation of the coronavirus, Health Canada has decided to facilitate access to products that do not necessarily respect all regulatory requirements, as a provisional measure.

March 19, 2020

2-minute read

Coronavirus, Italy, and us

After having spread death in China, COVID-19 is now hitting Europe with full force. In Italy, medical personnel are faced with heart-wrenching choices.

March 10, 2020

4-minute read

Quebec taxpayers deserve a break

Quebec sometimes seems to forget that taxpayers’ money belongs, not to it, but to taxpayers.

March 9, 2020

5-minute read

Budget Surpluses: Quebec Must Give Taxpayers Back Their Money

Quebec’s robust economic growth in recent years has allowed the government to record a surplus each of the past five budgets. Between the 2014-2015 and 2018-2019 fiscal years, Quebec accumulated budget surpluses totalling $21.3 billion, a strong argument for a personal income tax cut, shows this MEI publication.

February 14, 2020

1-minute read

Yes, we should listen to First Nations!

Demonstrations organized by members of First Nations are disrupting economic activity in Canada, and preventing people from freely travelling around the country, and even from taking their commuter trains to work.

February 13, 2020

5-minute read

Legislation should help rather than hinder the gig economy

Too often, lawmakers propose reforms that might sound good, but actually make the problem worse. Instead of making it harder to hire freelancers and parttime workers, lawmakers should be making it easier.

February 13, 2020

5-minute read

Cour suprême – Nouvelle menace pour les travailleurs à la pige

La liberté de contracter et de travailler à sa guise n’est pas seulement un droit fondamental, c’est aussi l’un des moyens les plus efficaces d’aider les travailleurs marginaux qui ont besoin de ce premier échelon.

February 13, 2020

5-minute read

The Sharing Economy: Destroying Jobs Won’t Help Low-Income Workers

Will Canada import California’s job-killing experiment and risk putting freelance work out of the reach of Canadians who need it? This MEI publication shows that forcing companies to consider freelance workers as employees could reduce these workers’ incomes and deprive many of them of this first rung on the jobs ladder.

November 25, 2019

2-minute read

Should we worry about the jobs “killed” by Amazon?

A French politician objects to the fact that Amazon is “killing jobs” in the retail sector. Should we be concerned?

October 31, 2019

8-minute read

Permissionless Innovation: For an End to the Presumption of Regulation in Telecommunications

The question of the price of cellphone packages in Canada recently resurfaced again, this time during the election campaign. In the context of this debate, we too often forget that Canada has top quality telecommunications infrastructure, despite a regulatory framework that is very restrictive for companies in this sector.

May 5, 2019

4-minute read

The digital economy is starting to lay waste to regulations that protect consumers

The sharing economy and our current employment laws.

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Daniel Dufort

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