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REACTION: Middle-class tax cut is a win for Canadians, not a cost for Ottawa
Montreal, June 18, 2025 — The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates that Canadian tax filers would pay $200 less in taxes by 2029-2030, which is not a cost to government but a savings for the middle class, points out the MEI.
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Kananaskis G7 meeting could be the right setting for the U.S. and Canada to reassert their ties on the Energy front, Heritage Foundation and MEI say
Calgary, AB, and Washington, D.C. | June 12, 2025 – The upcoming G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, offers a key platform to reassert how North American energy cooperation has made the U.S. and Canada stronger, according to a joint statement from The Heritage Foundation, the foremost American conservative think tank and MEI, a pan-Canadian research and educational policy organization.
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MEI: Expanding mandatory sharing policies could jeopardize Canada’s digital future
Montreal, June 10, 2025 – Forcing companies to sell access to their networks, sometimes below cost, will discourage investment in vital internet infrastructure, warns a new MEI economic note released this morning.
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Quebec’s typical emergency room visit took patients 5 hours and 23 minutes last year, reveals new MEI report
Montreal, June 3rd, 2025 – The median patient visiting a Quebec emergency room last year spent 10 minutes longer there than they would have the previous year, according to a new MEI report released this morning.
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Bill 112: The MEI applauds a major step in the removal of interprovincial trade barriers
Montreal, May 30, 2025 – The tabling of Bill 112 this morning by Minister for the Economy Christopher Skeete marks a major step forward in the removal of interprovincial trade barriers, says an MEI researcher.
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Removing barriers to trade between Quebec and the rest of Canada could grow our economy by $69.9 billion, says the MEI
Montreal, May 29, 2025 – If Quebec were to adopt a mutual recognition act with the rest of the country, similar to Nova Scotia’s, Canada’s economy would stand to grow significantly, according to a new Economic Note published by the MEI earlier today.
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Ottawa’s decade-long bureaucratic expansion needs a Chrétien-style review, argues the MEI
Montreal, May 15, 2025 – If it is serious about reining in spending and controlling the size of its bureaucracy, Ottawa should take a page from the Chrétien government’s 1994 Program Review, states a new MEI Viewpoint released this morning.
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Bill 89 aiming to protect the public from abusive work stoppages must apply to the public sector to be effective, says MEI
Montreal, May 8, 2025 – The Quebec government should extend the scope of Bill 89 so that it also applies to employees of the public and parapublic sectors, recommends an MEI Viewpoint published this morning.
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A new MEI study highlights the importance of micro-entrepreneurs in supplying drinking water to poorer neighbourhoods in Ivory Coast
Montreal, May 2, 2025 – An informal network of small private operators ensures an essential supply of drinking water in some of the poorer neighbourhoods of Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Cost, shows a new study conducted by the MEI.
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Overregulation is choking Canadian businesses, says the MEI
Montreal, May 1st, 2025 – The federal government’s growing regulatory burden on businesses is holding Canada back and must be urgently reviewed, argues a new publication from the MEI released this morning.