The incidence of taxes on the behavior of people who pay.

The financing of Quebec's private schools.

The 2014-2015 provincial budget.

Piketti's basic understanding of the economy.

Quebec’s public sector debt.

Tabling of the 2014-2015 provincial budget.

Tabling of the 2014-2015 provincial budget.

Eleven years ago, a government was elected in Quebec by promising to re-examine the functioning of the state and diminish the tax burden of individual Quebecers. However, between the fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2013-2014, the size of the provincial government continued to grow relative to the economy. Indeed, during this period, the Quebec economy grew by 39.6% while public spending increased by 66.9% and revenue by 65.6%. What would have happened if the growth of public spending had been limited to the same rate as economic growth during these ten years?

How taxes on products deemed harmful do not necessarily have the desired effects.

Our fiscal cure lies in cutting spending, not raising more taxes.