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REACTION: Emissions cap not worth the job and economic losses, MEI says
Montreal, March 12, 2025 – The federal oil and gas emissions cap will cost tens of thousands of well-paid jobs for very little environmental impact, points out an MEI researcher in response to the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s analysis published this morning.
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Peut-on encore aspirer à bâtir de grandes choses?
Alors que le Canada s’apprête à avoir un nouveau gouvernement, revoir et simplifier la réglementation afin que nous puissions bâtir de grandes choses à nouveau devra être l’un des premiers éléments au menu.
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Véhicules électriques: les Québécois ont des craintes légitimes, monsieur Charette
À peine revenu de la COP29, le ministre provincial de l’Environnement, Benoit Charette, aurait dû ôter ses lunettes roses avant de vanter l’appétit de la population pour les véhicules électriques.
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Take it from a Quebecker—the oil and gas emissions cap is a self-defeating policy
It is hard to escape the conclusion that the federal government is playing politics, pure and simple, and that this emissions cap has nothing whatsoever to do with fighting climate change.
IEDM – Les Québécois ne veulent pas de l’obligation d’acheter électrique en 2035! – Gabriel Giguère
October 7, 2024 | 10 min. 56 sec. | Rej against le matin (BLVD 102,1) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior […]
MEI – Two in three Canadians say banning conventional vehicles by 2035 is “unrealistic” – Krystle Wittevrongel
October 4, 2024 | 6 min. 45 sec. | Midday (CHED AM) Interview with Krystle Wittevrongel, Director of Research at the MEI, […]
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La liberté d’expression au service de l’innovation verte
Des changements récents à la Loi sur la concurrence, au sujet de l’écoblanchiment, risquent de complexifier la diffusion des innovations vertes.
IEDM – Décret d’urgence: Huit emplois perdus par caribou protégé par Ottawa – Renaud Brossard
September 17, 2024 | 9 min. 12 sec. | Midi Pile (KYK Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications […]
IEDM – Un minimum de 1990 emplois en péril avec le plan du fédéral – Renaud Brossard
September 17, 2024 | 11 min. 44 sec. | Le show du matin (KYK Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice […]
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Protect the Caribou without Bankrupting Our Rural Regions
The federal government’s decree seeking to protect certain woodland caribou herds would result in the loss of at least 1,990 jobs in Quebec’s rural regions, according to this Viewpoint published by the MEI. “If the federal government goes ahead with its decree, it will cause the loss of a minimum of 1,990 jobs, and with no guarantee that the caribou will be saved,” warns Gabriel Giguère, senior public policy analyst at the MEI and author of the study.