Montreal, January 27, 2025 – Since the Canadian Free Trade Agreement came into effect in 2017, the Quebec government has still not made the least bit of effort to reduce its barriers to interprovincial trade, decries the MEI.

December 18, 2024 | 15 min. 58 sec. | Panorama (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at […]

Les barrières commerciales qui séparent nos provinces et territoires ont trop longtemps constitué un obstacle à la croissance des microproducteurs et à celle de leurs communautés locales.

It’s time we finally got rid of barriers to interprovincial trade in wine, beer and spirits. We’re one country. We should be one market.

With Donald Trump threatening to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods, reactions range from puzzlement to outrage. But maybe we should be singing “Do worry, be happy.”

Canada’s provincial and territorial governments should allow consumers to shop online for alcoholic beverages produced elsewhere in the country, indicates this MEI publication. “By allowing producers to sell their products online, directly to consumers, our provincial governments would remove obstacles to their growth,” explains Shal Marriott, research associate at the MEI and author of the study.

November 27, 2024 | 7 min. 02 sec. | Richard Martineau (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at […]

L’élection d’une deuxième administration Trump pourrait augmenter de façon importante l’avantage concurrentiel des États-Unis par rapport à nous. La bonne nouvelle, c’est que nos gouvernements — tant à Québec qu’à Ottawa — ont le temps de planifier leurs réponses.

November 12, 2024 | 19 min. 39 sec. | Ouellet en direct (Radio X) Interview (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist […]