Montreal, Thursday, November 7, 2013 – Contrary to the myth of staffing agencies in Canada taking advantage of workers’ lack of job security to rake in the profits, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) has shown that this industry plays a vital role in facilitating the integration of the unemployed in general, and immigrants in particular, into the labour market.

Montréal, le 28 octobre 2013 – L’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM) tient à remercier chaleureusement la Fondation Jean-Louis Tassé pour son appui exceptionnel, qui prend la forme d’un engagement financier de 325 000 $. Répartie sur cinq ans, cette somme permettra à l’IEDM de créer des opportunités professionnelles au sein de son organisation pour de jeunes économistes et stagiaires.

Montreal, October 24, 2013 – Bono, the popular leader of the U2 rock band, recently said that he was aware that international aid only has a limited impact on the fight against poverty, as opposed to trade and entrepreneurial capitalism. Meanwhile, international bureaucrats are still busy crafting new taxes for development assistance.

MONTREAL, /PRNewswire/ – Bono, der bekannte Frontmann der Rockband U2, erklärte kürzlich, dass Entwicklungshilfe nur in begrenztem Maße zum Kampf gegen die Armut beiträgt – ganz im Gegensatz zu Austausch von Gütern und Leistungen und zu Unternehmertum. Derweil verbringen internationale Bürokraten ihre Zeit mit der Ausarbeitung neuer Modelle zur Besteuerung von Entwicklungshilfe.

Montreal, Monday, October 7, 2013 – Already partially paralyzed by the lack of agreement over budgetary spending, the United States must in the coming days increase the legal debt ceiling for a 13th time since 2002. These two chronic problems are due to the explosion of mandatory spending related to social programs that cannot be offset in the long run by tax increases, according to the Viewpoint on US Government Finances published today by the MEI.

Montreal, Thursday, October 3, 2013 – They are machine operators, forestry engineers, hunters, professors, technicians and lodge owners. They all have great respect for the forests, which they do their best to cultivate the way one would care for an immense garden. In contrast to the alarmist talk we often hear on the subject, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) went out to meet these people and today releases an enlightening documentary on the forestry industry seen through the eyes of those who make their living from it.

Montreal, September 19, 2013 – Of the world’s 100 most popular websites, 56 rely on advertising to support free content and services. Such offerings—from search engines to webmail to newspapers— are funded by selling advertising space for ads tailored to reflect what a site’s visitors are likely to be interested in.

Montreal, Thursday, August 29, 2013 – Filling up at the gas station is certainly the most familiar use of oil, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, hydrocarbon by-products are all around us and shape our daily lives, in addition to supplying an entire sector of economic activity built around refineries.

Montreal, Monday, June 17, 2013 – Invoking “obvious economic reasons,” i.e., annual savings of $24 million, the Quebec government cancelled six small hydroelectric power projects this past February. In April, however, it announced new supply contracts for wind power, a sector that is already guaranteed to receive an implicit subsidy of $695 million a year until 2020.

Montreal, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 – The obsession with reducing public spending on prescription drugs, which takes the form of constantly falling price caps, bulk purchasing strategies and reimbursement restrictions, entails numerous unintended consequences, especially for the health of Canadians. These are the findings of a new study from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).