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Site C: It’s not too late to hit pause – Policy Options
April 19, 2017 Site C is an $8.3-billion hydroelectric project in the early stages of construction by BC Hydro, the provincial power utility, on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia. It is designed to produce 1,100 megawatts of capacity and 5,100 gigawatt-hours per year of energy, starting in 2024. Supporters of the project have […]
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A National Housing Strategy must enable provinces and territories to shape programs to their varying needs and market realities. – Policy Options
March 27, 2017 The federal government is currently making decisions on its promised National Housing Strategy, and its 2017 budget has announced the funding involved. It seems timely to ask: What can we learn from the history of social housing policy in Canada that is relevant today? In the government’s election platform and budget, affordable […]
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Income tax reductions as a Christmas present for Quebecers?
Montreal, December 15, 2016 – While Quebecers are in full holiday shopping mode, a comparison of rates shows that sales taxes are higher here than in most of the provinces and American states that border us. For example, last year, a financial institution estimated that each Quebecer would spend an average of around $1,060 in […]
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$15 minimum wage: The 25 RCMs where jobs are most at risk – MEI
Montreal, December 8, 2016 – Labour Minister Dominique Vien will soon announce Quebec’s minimum wage for the year 2017. The MEI would like to remind the government that a dramatic increase would threaten thousands of jobs in the province. Moreover, an Economic Note published today shows that such a policy would have a disproportionate effect […]
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Supply management pushes up to 190,000 Canadians into poverty
Montreal, August 31, 2016 – With the price of industrial milk set to increase for a second time this year on September 1st as a result of a recent decision by the Canadian Dairy Commission, it is once again the poorest families that will suffer from such a policy, as shown in a Viewpoint published […]
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IEDM: After doubling its debt per capita, is Ontario the new Quebec?
Montreal, August 11, 2016 – Whereas the Quebec government has finally started to put some semblance of order in its public finances, Ontario has been following the old Quebec model for over a decade, leaving its population poorer in the process, as shown by official statistics presented in a publication released today by the MEI. […]
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