The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) commissioned Ipsos to poll Canadians on their opinions regarding various healthcare-related issues.

Montreal, March 29, 2023 – The creation of the Santé Québec agency will reduce the autonomy of facilities and do nothing to keep nurses from leaving the profession, warns the Montreal Economic Institute following the tabling of Quebec’s Bill 15 on health care.

Legault government is revolutionizing how the province’s health care system is financed. For patients, this is cause for celebration.

Dans l’ensemble, le gouvernement a déposé le budget dont les Québécois et Québécoises avaient besoin. Pour les contribuables les plus taxés du continent, c’est un peu de répit bien nécessaire qui leur est offert.

Independent facilities, run by entrepreneurs, have an incentive to innovate and a greater capacity to do so given the smaller size of their organizations.

March 10, 2023 | 15 min. 40 sec. | Boréale 138 (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]

March 9, 2023 | 16 min. 37 sec. | Ça vaut le retour (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]

March 9, 2023 | 7 min. 55 sec. | Sans réserve (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist with […]

The median length of stay for a patient in an ER in Quebec was 5 hours and 11 minutes last year, according to this MEI study. With the exception of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the median length of stay of an emergency room visit has been increasing for four years, going from 4 hours and 31 minutes in 2018 to 5 hours and 11 minutes last year.

Montreal, March 7, 2023 – The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) applauds the announced publication of the calls for interest regarding the pilot project involving mini-hospitals run by independent entrepreneurs, as reported by Le Journal de Québec this morning.