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Quebec would have a surplus of $1 billion this year if it had returned to its pre-pandemic spending levels, says the MEI
Montreal, April 24, 2025 – The Quebec government would have a budget surplus today if its spending had returned to the growth trajectory of the Couillard government after the pandemic, according to an Economic Note published today by the MEI.
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REACTION: Quebec downgrade shows the importance of better spending control, says the MEI
Montreal, April 16, 2025 – The Quebec government must simply do a better job of controlling its spending, says an MEI researcher in reaction to the downgrade announced by S&P Global Ratings earlier today.
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MEI-Ipsos poll: 56 per cent of Canadians support increasing access to non-governmental healthcare providers
Montreal, April 15, 2025—Canadians are increasingly in favour of breaking the government monopoly over health care by opening the door to independent providers and cross-border treatments, an MEI-Ipsos poll revealed this morning.
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Restricting private practice would reduce access to care for Quebec patients, notes the MEI
Montreal, April 8, 2025 – By recommending the prohibition of private medical practice, Quebec’s order of physicians, the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ), is going against best international practices, states the MEI in a Viewpoint published this morning.
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REACTION: Alberta’s embrace of activity-based funding is great news for patients, MEI says
CALGARY, AB, April 7, 2025 – Alberta’s move to fund acute care services through activity-based funding follows best practices internationally, points out an MEI researcher following an announcement made by Premier Danielle Smith earlier today.
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Quebec Budget: A record deficit and ever more subsidies, laments the MEI
Quebec, March 25, 2025 – The Legault government’s financial management plays fast and loose, warns an MEI researcher in response to the 2025-2026 budget tabled earlier today by Finance Minister Eric Girard.
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Energy East and GNL Québec could have redirected $38.4 billion worth of energy products per year to markets other than the United States, according to the MEI
Montreal, March 20, 2025 — The construction of pipelines between Eastern and Western Canada would have helped diversify Canadian export markets and should be considered anew in the context of the U.S. tariff threats, says the MEI in a Viewpoint published this morning.
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Federal income tax: MEI recommends abolishing the second tax bracket to help middle-class workers
Montreal, March 13, 2025 — Eliminating the second tax bracket and replacing it with an extended first bracket would help more than 8.5 million middle-class Canadians, according to an economic note published this morning by the MEI.
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REACTION: Quebec is right to emulate Sweden’s health care guarantee, says MEI
Montreal, March 12, 2025 — By offering to reimburse Quebecers for treatment by private specialists when delays in the public healthcare system are too long, the Quebec government would improve access to health care, says an MEI researcher in response to a report by Radio-Canada this morning.
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REACTION: Emissions cap not worth the job and economic losses, MEI says
Montreal, March 12, 2025 – The federal oil and gas emissions cap will cost tens of thousands of well-paid jobs for very little environmental impact, points out an MEI researcher in response to the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s analysis published this morning.