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Authorizing duplicate health insurance would help reduce wait times
Montreal, January 19, 2023 – Allowing insurers to offer so-called duplicate health insurance policies to their Quebec clients would help reduce wait times, according to a new study published by the Montreal Economic Institute this morning.
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Adjusting tuition fees based on program costs would be fairer, and a majority of undergraduate students would pay less
Montreal, January 10, 2023 – Adjusting tuition fees in Quebec based on program costs would be fairer, and would be less expensive for over half of undergraduate students, according to a new publication released this morning by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).
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Economic update: Interest rate hikes are having an effect
Montreal, December 8, 2022 – The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) reacted to the Quebec government’s economic update presented by Finance Minister Éric Girard earlier today.
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Mandatory upstream and downstream emissions reporting would put undue strain on small businesses
Montreal, December 8, 2022 – Plans to mandate scope three emissions reporting would be detrimental to small businesses, finds a new report published this morning by the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Bill C-26: Introducing bureaucratic delays would undermine cybersecurity
Montreal, December 6, 2022 – The addition of federal administrative requirements in digital security—as Bill C-26 proposes—would lengthen the time required for companies to act and respond to breaches, according to a new publication released this morning by the Montreal Economic Institute.
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Fiscal responsibility: Since 1944, Parizeau, Couillard, and Bouchard have shown the most discipline
Montreal, November 29, 2022 – Former Premier Jacques Parizeau takes the top prize in terms of fiscal responsibility, according to a ranking of Quebec premiers since 1944 published this morning by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).
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Poll: 54% of Quebecers in favour of developing the province’s own oil resources
Montreal, November 23, 2022 – A majority of Quebecers support the development of a local energy sector, according to an IPSOS poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) and published this morning.
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60 years of “Maîtres chez-nous”: The MEI re-examines Hydro-Québec’s historical productivity
Montreal, November 17, 2022 – To mark this week’s 60th anniversary of the election of the Jean Lesage government in 1962, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) published a short work of economic history looking at the national myth surrounding Hydro-Québec in this province.
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POLL: Two out of three Canadians favour a mixed health care system, emulating the French and Swedish models
Montreal, November 15, 2022 – The implementation of a mixed health care system, like in France and Sweden, would be supported by a majority of Canadians according to a new IPSOS poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) and released today.
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Capping energy sector emissions would cost the Canadian economy $44.8 billion a year
Montreal, November 10, 2022 – A new study from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) describes how the federal government’s proposal to cap the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions would cause substantial economic losses, without achieving any net reduction in global emissions.