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Les taxes sur l’essence doivent-elles être éliminées?
Avec la montée en flèche du prix de l’essence partout au Québec et l’inflation qui persiste, il est à se demander comment le gouvernement de la province peut aider la situation financière de la classe moyenne et des moins nantis.

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More money for the former C Series: Quebec families pay the price for governmental amnesia
We learned last week that a new public “investment” of $380 million will be made in Bombardier’s former C Series.

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Increasing access to daycare is not as easy as 1-2-3, but it could be
If the government’s ultimate goal is really to expand access to the daycare network, it must rethink its funding approach so as to favour providers who are able to increase the supply of this service, which we need desperately.

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The erosion of the lowest bidder rule: An expensive nationalist measure for Quebec
Last week, Quebec Treasury Board chair Sonia LeBel presented Bill 12, whose purpose is to force public organizations to buy from Quebec companies.

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Cancelling the proposed carbon capture tax credit will do more harm than good
Carbon capture technologies are currently responsible for capturing and storing at least 4 million tonnes of carbon per year in Canada.

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The ill-advised GAFA surtax
This week, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez declared that a bill forcing the GAFA companies to pay for news content had become his “top priority.”

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To fight inflation, bank rate hike must happen in March
Our policy-makers have to take the situation Canadians find themselves in seriously. It’s time to tackle the inflation that is undermining our living standards.

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Le taux directeur doit augmenter et une rigueur budgétaire est de mise
Montréal, le 26 janvier 2022 — Parce que la hausse du taux cible du financement à un jour est considérée comme une des solutions pour freiner l’inflation, les chercheurs de l’IEDM affirment que la Banque du Canada doit hausser les taux lors de la prochaine annonce du 2 mars 2022. Cependant, ils considèrent important d‘éclairer la population sur les effets à prévoir sur eux et sur les politiques publiques.

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The Bank of Canada must tackle inflation
The numbers are in: Canada’s annual inflation for 2021 was 4.8%, the highest rate since 1991. Even excluding gasoline from the calculation, inflation is 4%, which is double the Bank of Canada’s current target of 2%.

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Minimum wage hike: An effective measure?
Quebec workers deserve better than temporary and ill-advised aid that will hurt our entrepreneurs who are struggling just to keep their heads above water.