5-minute read
Qu’est-ce qui réduit l’offre d’appartements à Montréal?
Does Airbnb contribute to the rise in the price of rents?
3-minute read
Investir à Montréal : le fardeau fiscal est toujours parmi les plus élevés au Canada
2016 ranking of the tax burden of investment in Canada’s major cities.
5-minute read
Pourquoi y a-t-il moins d’investissements privés au Québec?
What keeps Quebec investment at such a low level?
11-minute read
Would a $15 Minimum Wage Accelerate the Rural Exodus?
A strike of fast food restaurant employees in New York in 2012 gave birth to a movement demanding a substantial increase of the minimum wage in the United States, calling for it to rise to $15 an hour. Since then, several cities and states have established timelines for raising the minimum wage to that symbolic threshold. In Quebec, the major labour unions have taken up the charge, along with the symbolic $15 target.
2-minute read
L’IRIS et la politique de l’épouvantail
A substantial minimum wage hike would be particularly harmful in rural regions.
5-minute read
Notre société est-elle aussi libre qu’on le pense ?
Is Canada a Free Society?
4-minute read
Netflix et les taxes de vente
The specter of a "Netflix tax" still looms.
5-minute read
Financement participatif dans les entreprises: après les gadgets, l’investissement
The concept of participatory financing.
8-minute read
Monsieur Christie, Donald Trump et un cul-de-sac
The Mondelez plant will close in Montreal by the end of 2017.
3-minute read
Canada Can Learn How To Legalize Pot From America’s Example
The economic benefits of legalizing marijuana.