IEDM – La CAQ fait une guerre stupide au privée en santé! – Renaud Brossard
Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at the MEI, about the mandatory five-year conscription for new physicians in Quebec’s public health network. Broadcast on December 12, 2024 as part of the Ian & Frank podcast.
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In Canada, ‘the doctor will NOT see you now’ — and it’s a problem
Fixing Canadian health care means acknowledging that a universal system can include private as well as public providers.
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Comment les municipalités contribuent au prix élevé du logement
Que ce soit avec leurs permis, leurs taxes ou leurs problèmes de planification, les villes rament trop souvent à contre-courant par rapport à ceux et celles qui veulent retrouver un certain niveau de prix abordable.
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Premiers, stop blocking the flow of good cheer!
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.
IEDM – Airbnb coupable pour le manque de logements? Pas si vite! – Gabriel Giguère
December 9, 2024 | 12 min. 53 sec. | Reg against le matin (BLVD 102.1) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior […]
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Véhicules électriques: les Québécois ont des craintes légitimes, monsieur Charette
À peine revenu de la COP29, le ministre provincial de l’Environnement, Benoit Charette, aurait dû ôter ses lunettes roses avant de vanter l’appétit de la population pour les véhicules électriques.
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REACTION: A too severe reduction of the number of student visas could harm Quebec’s economic potential
Montréal, December 6, 2024 — A significant drop in international student enrolment could jeopardize Quebec’s long-term economic potential, the MEI (formerly known as Montreal Economic Institute) warns following the passage of Bill 74 yesterday.
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The Exceptional Patient Measure: A Safety Valve Allowing Quebecers in Need to Access Innovative Drugs
Tens of thousands of Quebecers could lose access to the drugs they need, should the Legault government restrict access to the “exceptional patient” mechanism, warns this MEI publication. “In the context of budgetary restrictions, important but little-known mechanisms, like the exceptional patient measure, sadly make easy targets for civil servants,” explains Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and the author of the study.
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Take it from a Quebecker—the oil and gas emissions cap is a self-defeating policy
It is hard to escape the conclusion that the federal government is playing politics, pure and simple, and that this emissions cap has nothing whatsoever to do with fighting climate change.
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Airbnb et le manque de logements – Un mythe tenace et bien commode
Les politiciens ont trouvé en Airbnb le bouc émissaire parfait pour porter le blâme concernant le manque de logements.