MEI – Ballooning Public Service – Renaud Brossard
Interview with Renaud Brossard, Vice President, Communications at the MEI, about a recent MEI report ranking the five major prime ministers who have held power since 1984 based on the variation in the number of federal public servants per 1,000 inhabitants during their mandates and why a rapidly expanding civil service is a cause for concern. Published on Conversation That Matters on March 22, 2024.
MEI – What solutions will an economically liberal philosophy bring to Canada? – Daniel Dufort
March 21, 2024 | 8 min. 06 sec. | The Elias Makos Show (CJAD AM) Interview with Daniel Dufort, President and CEO of […]
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Why economic liberalism still matters
For many of the issues our society is facing, from lagging productivity to our perennially underperforming health-care systems, at least a part of the problem is a lack of economic freedom.
IEDM – Quelle place pour la philosophie libérale classique au Québec? – Michel Kelly-Gagnon
March 14, 2024 | 11 min. 01 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Founding President of the […]
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How taxes and regulations keep people in poverty
While the rest of the country should certainly take note of how Alberta was able to increase income mobility in the 1990s, so should Albertans today.
IEDM – «Le manque de culture de gestion» du gouvernement Trudeau bat des records – Gabriel Giguère
February 14, 2024 | 10 min. 24 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Gabriel Giguère, Public Policy Analyst […]
IEDM – La remise en question des inégalités sociales – Vincent Geloso
January 29, 2024 | 10 min. 39 sec. | Mathieu Bock-Côté (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Vincent Geloso, Senior Economist at the […]
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L’après-Piketty
Il n’est plus possible de parler d’une force inexorable qui pousse les inégalités vers le haut. Pas plus que de défendre l’importance de l’imposition sur les fortunés pour égaliser et de blâmer la faillite de l’État-providence.
IEDM – La feinte psychologique, un outil de gouvernance – Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy
October 6, 2023 | 12 min. 23 sec. | Le café show (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, Senior Economist […]
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We need to know when government is trying to alter our behaviour
We have controls over taxes, subsidies and rules but nothing requiring governments to be transparent about mind games.