The Canadian economy lags behind in terms of productivity due to a lack of investment, concludes this study published by the MEI. The value produced per hour worked in Canada is 17 per cent lower than the G7 average.

Brief submitted by the MEI as part of the Public consultation on Quebec’s energy future.

This Viewpoint published by the MEI explains that growth in the average income of a society’s inhabitants tends to be correlated with growth in forest cover. “A more prosperous society tends to be a greener society,” asserts Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.

Liberalizing the electricity market would help Quebec deal with the anticipated end of Hydro-Quebec’s energy surpluses, according to this study published by the Montreal Economic Institute.

Projects totalling nearly 24,000 units have been obstructed in Montreal since the Plante administration took office in 2017, according this study published by the MEI. “By preventing the construction of tens of thousands of units, the Plante administration is contributing to Montreal becoming less and less affordable,” says Gabriel Giguère, author of the study.

Brief presented by the Montreal Economic Institute as part of a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission public hearing.

Economic growth increases the incomes of the least well-off at the same rate as average incomes, concludes this study published by the MEI. “The idea that economic growth occurs at the expense of the less fortunate does not hold water,” explains Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.

The success of the proposed mini-hospitals run by independent entrepreneurs rests largely on activity-based funding and the flexible management of human resources, according to this Montreal Economic Institute study.

Famed British economist John Maynard Keynes would have disagreed with the Bank of Canada’s policy of purchasing government bonds with newly-minted cash, according to this joint study published by the Montreal Economic Institute and the Morocco-based Arab Center for Research.

The private sector’s contribution to the reduction of GHG emissions is too often overlooked. In this publication by the MEI, Senior Policy Analyst Krystle Wittevrongel shines a light on the emission reductions generated by the telecommunications industry.