Resurrecting Urban America: A Role Model for Montreal
Luncheon on the reforming of Indianapolis with Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor of Indianapolis.
Launch of Fiscalité des Québécois et Croissance
Breakfast meeting on the major economic challenges facing modern Quebec with authors Jean-Luc Migué, President of MEI’s Scientific Council, and Michel Boucher, Professor at the École Nationale d’Administration Publique in Quebec City.
Presentation of a brief on the flat tax rate system
Presentation of a brief on the flat tax rate system before the Quebec Commission on the Reduction of Personal Income Tax.
The necessary lowering of the capital gains tax
Lecture on the effects of the capital gains tax with Mr Reuven Brenner, Professor of Business Administration at McGill University, and Mr Jason Kenney, Member of Parliament for Calgary Southeast and Revenue Opposition critic.
Myth Communication: Selling a Smoke-free Society
Luncheon on the use or misuse of science in the public realm with Jacob Sullum, Senior Editor at Reason magazine and author of the book, For Your Own Good: the Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health.
Friedrich von Hayek: His Life & Work (1899-1992)
Conference in honour of Friedrich August von Hayek, and in recognition of the nearly 200 works that he wrote in the course of his lifetime (in collaboration with the St. Lawrence Institute).
Launch of Étatisme et déclin du Québec, Bilan de la Révolution tranquille
Launch of Jean-Luc Migué’s latest book entitled Étatisme et déclin du Québec. Bilan de la Révolution tranquille (State control and the decline of Quebec: Balance sheet of the Quiet Revolution).
La prospérité économique selon les conservateurs
Presentation by Tasha Kheiriddin, MEI Executive Vice President, as part of the École d’été du Nouveau Monde, at the Université du Québec à Montréal.