IEDM – Le Québec champion canadien des grèves! «Des abus des syndicats» – Gabriel Giguère
May 8, 2025 | 11 min. 16 sec. | Richard Martineau (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Le Québec champion canadien des grèves! «Des abus des syndicats» – Gabriel Giguère
Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst at the MEI, about Bill 89 aiming to protect the public from abusive work stoppages which must apply to the public sector to be effective. Broadcast on May 8, 2025 as part of Richard Martineau’s show, on QUB Radio.
IEDM – Le Québec est champion des grèves: «Il y a une forme de normalisation» – Gabriel Giguère
May 8, 2025 | 10 min. 26 sec. | La commission (98,5 FM) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – Le projet de loi 89 du ministre Boulet ne va pas assez loin – Gabriel Giguère
May 8, 2025 | 14 min. 56 sec. | Reg against le matin (BLVD 102.1) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior […]
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Quebec Faces Sharp Increase in Striking Unions
The Quebec government should extend the scope of Bill 89 so that it also applies to employees of the public and parapublic sectors, recommends this MEI Viewpoint. “The dramatic growth in the number of strikes clearly shows that these are no longer a tool of last resort, but have become the norm for unions, especially in the public sector,” says Gabriel Giguère, senior policy analyst at the MEI.
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The seen and unseen harms of tariffs will upend US manufacturing
Frédéric Bastiat, the great French economist and satirist, wrote frequently about the fact that every economic measure has effects that are seen and effects that are not seen. Take President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, for instance.
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It’s time to give the middle class a real tax break
Lowering the second bracket to 15 per cent wouldn’t just help workers keep more of their money, it would spur job growth, innovation and economic dynamism.
IEDM – De 20,5% à 15%: une réduction d’impôt pour la classe moyenne – Emmanuelle B. Faubert
March 16, 2025 | 15 min. 34 sec. | Que le Québec se lève (FM93) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, […]
IEDM – Impôts: proposition pour aider les travailleurs de la classe moyenne – Renaud Brossard
March 14, 2025 | 13 min. 39 sec. | Sophie Durocher (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications […]
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The Benefits of Eliminating the Middle-Income Tax Bracket
Eliminating the second tax bracket and replacing it with an extended first bracket would help more than 8.5 million middle-class Canadians, according to this Economic Note published by the MEI. “Taxes, high inflation and now economic uncertainty have all taken their toll on the Canadian middle class in recent years,” said Jason Dean, Associate Researcher at the MEI and author of the publication.