Reforming Canada’s healthcare systems in order to make private provision accessible within the public health insurance scheme would help improve access to care for Canadian patients, recommends this MEI Research Paper. “The best performing universal healthcare systems in the world are not those where the public sector has a monopoly,” says Professor Marcel Boyer, distinguished senior fellow at the MEI and author of the paper.

Maintaining and restoring trade relations between Canada and the United States remains a priority for Canadians, reveals this MEI-Ipsos poll.

Germany dealt with an underperforming postal service by privatizing it and ending its monopoly. We need to do the same.

The fight to free Canadian booze from the grip of government monopolies and protectionism has been long, but the end may now finally be in sight.

August 6, 2025 | 9 min. 30 sec. | Marc Boilard (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Emmanuelle B. Faubert, Economist at […]

Le monde a changé, tout comme les besoins en services postaux. Si Postes Canada veut survivre, elle doit changer, elle aussi, pour s’adapter aux réalités d’aujourd’hui.

August 4, 2025 | 11 min. 54 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD 800) Interview with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at […]

August 1st, 2025 | 10 min. 01 sec. | Marc Boilard (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at […]

Privatizing Canada Post and opening up the sector to competition would result in better services and lower prices for Canadians, shows this MEI publication. “Canadians are held hostage by a postal system that is inefficient, strike-prone, and, increasingly, financially non-viable,” says Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and co-author of the report.

Embracing global commerce and reducing barriers to trade isn’t just good economics—it’s a path to stability. With geopolitical tensions on the rise, doux commerce theory remains a compelling framework for international peace, strongly supported by empirical research.