July 17, 2024 | 14 min. 13 sec. | Le midi (98,5 FM) Debate (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications […]

The federal government has announced plans to “crack down” on telemedicine by forcing provinces to cover its costs. In addition to violating the constitutional division of powers, shifting telemedicine costs from private parties to the provinces is fiscally untenable.

July 15, 2024 | 13 min. 15 sec. | Pierre Nantel (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst […]

Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst at the MEI, on Ottawa’s decision to mandate provincial coverage of telemedicine care, and how it risks hampering access to one of the few aspects of our health care system that works well. Broadcast on July 15, 2024 as part of the Pierre Nantel show, on QUB Radio.

La télémédecine a grandement amélioré notre accès aux services de santé. Malheureusement, Ottawa semble déterminé à couper les ailes de ces initiatives naissantes.

July 12, 2024 | 7 min. 32 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD AM) Interview with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at […]

The federal government’s forthcoming emissions cap on the oil and gas sector will not only kill jobs and hurt the Canadian economy; it will do so for little to no environmental gain.

The regulatory burden is preventing the housing supply from adjusting itself, contributing to the rapid increase in housing prices seen in Montreal, points out this study published by the MEI. “The more regulation there is, the longer it takes and the more it costs to build new units, thus making housing more expensive and harder to find,” says Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the study.

July 10, 2024 | 16 min. 10 sec. | Le midi (98,5 FM) Debate (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at […]

Transmission towers are seen in Montreal belonging to the province’s electric utility, Hydro-Québec, whose current levels of surplus power supply could run out by 2027.