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Decompartmentalizing Construction Trades: How Much Is Enough?
By maintaining the current number of regulated trades, Labour Minister Jean Boulet’s Bill 51 does not go far enough in decompartmentalizing the province’s construction trades, concludes this study published by the MEI.
MEI – What solutions will an economically liberal philosophy bring to Canada? – Daniel Dufort
March 21, 2024 | 8 min. 06 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD AM) Interview with Daniel Dufort, President and CEO of […]
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Why economic liberalism still matters
For many of the issues our society is facing, from lagging productivity to our perennially underperforming health-care systems, at least a part of the problem is a lack of economic freedom.
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La production indépendante d’électricité est un moyen d’épauler Hydro-Québec
L’élargissement de la production indépendante n’est rien d’autre qu’une modification législative rendue nécessaire par un manque de capacité de production électrique.
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REACTION: Decompartmentalizing of construction trades does not go far enough
Montreal, February 1st, 2024 – Bill 51, tabled today by Labour Minister Jean Boulet, lacks ambition according to a Montreal Economic Institute researcher.
IEDM – Des entreprises privées pourront vendre de l’électricité au Québec – Gabriel Giguère
January 19, 2024 | 10 min. 11 sec. | Trudeau-Landry (FM93) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst at the […]
IEDM – Vers une privatisation tranquille d’Hydro-Québec? – Gabriel Giguère
Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, about the bill Quebec wants to table to legalize the sale of electricity from one private company to another. Broadcast on January 19, 2024 on the LCN TV network.
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The high cost of interprovincial trade restrictions in Canada
Interprovincial trade in Canada is hampered by a number of policies designed to restrict competition for a few well-connected sectors of our provincial economies. This comes at the expense of all Canadian consumers.
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Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index – 2023 Edition
Quebec is the Canadian jurisdiction that is most closed off to interprovincial trade, according to the most recent edition of the Montreal Economic Institute’s Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index.
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L’État contre les cavistes
Les cavistes contribuent à améliorer l’offre disponible pour le consommateur québécois, et doivent se plier aux règles qui entourent le monopole d’État sur l’importation des vins et spiritueux.