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Election 2021 – Free Trade in Canada: An Inclusive Growth Policy
An overwhelming majority of economists agree that international free trade grows businesses and creates good-paying jobs.

3-minute read
For less discrimination, more capitalism
One of the favourite myths peddled by proponents of government control is that under the free-market system, discrimination is rife and leads to unfair outcomes for minorities, women, and other groups.

4-minute read
Le commerce entre les provinces, «qu’ossa donne»?
Selon des études économiques poussées, il serait possible d’augmenter le PIB par habitant du Canada de 3,8% simplement en éliminant les barrières au commerce interprovincial.

4-minute read
Free interprovincial trade once and for all
A true free trade agreement is a simple, low-cost way to stimulate the economy, raise our productivity, and in the end, improve our general standard of living.

10-minute read
Internal Trade Provincial Leadership Index – 2021 Edition
With the vaccine rollout in full swing, the public’s attention is increasingly focused on economic recovery. The authors of this Research Paper propose a very simple solution: a true free trade agreement among the Canadian provinces. This publication includes among other things a ranking of the provinces and territories according to their openness to internal trade. Alberta takes first place, and Quebec comes in last.

6-minute read
Entrepreneurs Stepped Up in Response to COVID-19
For over a year now, the spotlight has been on governments and the actions they have taken in the context of the pandemic, sometimes obscuring the great contribution of entrepreneurs in maintaining a certain quality of life for Canadians in these difficult times. This publication lifts the veil on the efforts made by entrepreneurs to reinvent themselves, pick up the pace, and help us meet this challenge.

5-minute read
Solutions to Help Restaurateurs
The physical distancing measures in effect to slow the propagation of the coronavirus are hitting the restaurant industry hard. An MEI publication proposes solutions to help the sector.

3-minute read
COVID-19 : Le génie humain à l’oeuvre
Malgré la situation difficile que nous vivons tous, plusieurs initiatives et réactions de nos concitoyens et ailleurs dans le monde peuvent nous rendre fiers.

4-minute read
To save money and lives, make drug approval easier
Canadians wait 630 more days than Americans before new drugs are approved and another 473 before public plans list them.

4-minute read
Tear down these walls! Canada could finally become the free-trading dynamo envisioned in 1867
The best way for liberalization to happen is for a province or territory to act unilaterally to end its own barriers.