The high cost of domestic air travel is largely due to the various fees the federal government charges airlines and airports, according to this MEI study. “Ottawa prefers to treat our airports as cash cows, rather than the essential transportation infrastructure that they are,” explains Gabriel Giguère, public policy analyst and author of the study.

The federal government continues to postpone a return to budgetary balance indefinitely, having never tabled any budget setting an amount at which it expected its revenues to cover all of its expenditures.

Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, on the Trudeau government’s economic update. Broadcast on November 12, 2023 as part of the CPAM Billet de Retour show.

November 22, 2023 | 17 min. 53 sec. | Marceau le midi (BLVD FM) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy […]

Montreal, November 21, 2023 – The Trudeau government has missed an opportunity to help the Bank of Canada fight inflation in its latest economic update, says a researcher at the Montreal Economic Institute.

Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, about the Plante administration’s 2024 budget. Broadcast on November 16, 2023 as part of the CPAM Billet de Retour show.

Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst at the MEI, about the Legault government’s latest economic update. Broadcast on November 8, 2023 as part of the CPAM Billet de Retour show.

Montreal, November 7, 2023 – Quebec Finance Minister Éric Girard has tabled a prudent budget update this morning, according to a researcher from the Montreal Economic Institute.

November 7, 2023 | 16 min. 11 sec. | Maurais live (Radio X) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]

November 6, 2023 | 10 min. 52 sec. | Yasmine Abdelfadel (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Renaud Brossard, Senior Director, Communications […]