Luncheon speech with Mary O’Grady, Senior editorial page writer at The Wall Street Journal.

Debate on the overall impact of new drugs on longevity, quality of life, productivity, and utilization of other medical care such as hospitals and nursing homes, with Frank Lichtenberg and Joel Lexchin.

Each year, the MEI, in co-operation with the Fraser Institute, holds in Montreal a public policy student seminar.

Luncheon speech organised by the Montreal Economic Institute with Norma Kozhaya, Economist at the MEI.

Keynote address by Steve Forbes, president and chief executive officer of Forbes Inc. and editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine, and presentation by Jo Kwong, Director of Institute Relations at the Atlas Foundation for Economic Research, at this first MEI President’s Dinner held at the Montreal Sofitel Hotel.

The Montreal Economic Institute was at the 2004 Montreal Book Fair from November 18th to the 20th and wishes to thank the Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation for its support.

The MEI, the Fraser Institute and L’actualité magazine launch the 5th edition of the Report Card on Quebec’s Secondary Schools.

Round table breakfast – Discussion between MEI research director, Valentin Petkantchin, and a dozen of public transit stakeholders from Montreal.

Presentation by Jean-Jacques Rosa, author and Professor at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and Director and founder of their MBA program.

Special event to mark the 5th anniversary of the Montreal Economic Institute.