Publication of a Point de l’IEDM on the federal government’s earnings and spendings.

Publication of a Point de l’IEDM on the federal government’s earnings and spendings.

The Paul Martin government and its budgetary surpluses.

Research Paper on the justifications for preserving a government monopoly on liquor sales in Quebec and the economic consequences of this policy.

While in the 1920s the Quebec government clearly had the most liberal and least detrimental policy in North America for controlling the sale of liquor, in 2005 it is among the most restrictive. The time has come to discuss the various ways of privatizing the SAQ and liberalizing liquor sales, turning a page that goes back to the era of prohibition.

Léger Marketing poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute.

Publication of an Economic Note on the issue of foreign outsourcing.

Publication of an Economic Note on the issue of foreign outsourcing.

Pendant que les concierges de la plupart des écoles primaires et secondaires amorcent un mouvement de grève, d’autres travailleurs affectés à l’entretien ménager des écoles publiques continuent d’être prêts à rentrer au boulot. Il s’agit des travailleurs autonomes et du personnel des firmes spécialisées qui effectuent l’entretien ménager en sous-traitance pour certaines commissions scolaires. De fait, les syndicats souhaitent restreindre le droit des commissions scolaires de recourir à la sous-traitance pour l’entretien ménager et ainsi rétablir le monopole syndical sur cette fonction.

Publication of a policy paper entitled A Canada Strong and Free.