Montreal, June 28, 2005 – Selon un sondage Léger Marketing commandé par l’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM), 61% des Québécois estiment que le gouvernement du Québec devrait se conformer au récent jugement de la Cour suprême qui lève l’interdiction aux citoyens de payer, directement ou par le biais d’assurances privées, pour des soins de santé déjà couverts par le régime public d’assurance maladie.

Montreal, June 16, 2005 – Last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada reopens debate on the private sector’s role in health care, with the U.S. system often held up as a scarecrow. An Economic Note issued today by the Montreal Economic Institute looks at the leading myths associated with the U.S. health care system and shows that problems it suffers from are more closely linked to the perverse effects of regulations than to the “unbridled capitalism” that supposedly runs rampant in the market.

Montreal, June 9, 2005 – The Supreme Court decision to remove restrictions on paying directly for hospital services and purchasing private health insurance for medical services offered by the public system will guarantee freedom of choice for patients and improve the quality and accessibility of care, according to the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).

Montreal, June 2, 2005 – Le Président de l’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM), Michel Kelly-Gagnon, est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de Maxime Bernier à titre de Vice-président exécutif de l’IEDM.

Montreal, May 12, 2005 – Former Air Canada President & CEO and Director General Emeritus of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Pierre Jeanniot would like to see Canada moving towards the active opening up of its air transport market and pushing ahead with the liberalization process that began in the early 1980s.

Montreal, May 12, 2005 – Le directeur de la recherche de l’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM), Valentin Petkantchin, est déçu de la décision du Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) de réglementer les prix des services de téléphonie Internet (VOIP).

Montreal, April 26, 2005 – According to a Léger Marketing poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), 57% of Canadians believe that patients with contacts in the health care system often by-pass waiting lists and obtain care more rapidly.

Montreal, April 22, 2005 – The best way to promote sustainable development is to remove barriers to free-market forces, according to an Economic Note published today by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI). Price-distorting subsidies that favour the use of raw materials and environmental regulations that prevent the development of by-products from waste are discouraging innovations in recycling, author Pierre Desrochers concludes.

Montreal, April 19, 2005 – À l’approche du premier budget Audet, l’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM) dresse le sommaire des pratiques comptables douteuses suivies par l’actuel et l’ancien gouvernement et invite le gouvernement Charest à renoncer à de telles «contorsions».

Montreal, April 13, 2005 – Fraser Institute Senior fellows Preston Manning and Mike Harris today unveiled a series of proposals to fundamentally rebalance Confederation to rebuild Canada as the nation with the highest quality of life and standard of living in the world.