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Increasing the Capital Gains Inclusion Rate: A Tax Hike on Investing and Entrepreneurship

Raising the capital gains inclusion rate will deter venture capital investment and entrepreneurship in Canada, asserts this MEI study. “If the Trudeau and Legault governments are looking to chase away investment, then they’re on the…

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Activity-Based Hospital Funding in Alberta: Insights from Quebec and Australia

Adopting activity-based funding for hospitals in Alberta could shorten wait times and improve productivity, according to this MEI study. “Our current hospital funding model incentivizes treating the fewest patients possible, as each new patient represents…

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Federal budget: You can’t solve a productivity emergency with tax hikes

Montreal, April 16, 2024 – The increase in the capital gains tax inclusion rate will further exacerbate Canada’s productivity lag, asserted the Montreal Economic Institute in response to the publication of the federal budget this…

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The reason to care about economics, and the reason to study it, is not just to understand material well-being, but instead it's about a much bigger picture: how we cooperate in a world of strangers and diversity, and how we turn that cooperation into better and longer and more peaceful lives for more people.

Steven Horwitz (1964-2021), Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Ball State University.

MEI in the Media

Health Care

The Hub, p. web

Canada’s health care sickness

European countries like France, Sweden, and Germany are proof that the private sector can easily…
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Labour

Financial Post, p. FP7

Premier Legault, tear down these construction-industry walls

Instead of trying to lock our construction workers into a few well-defined boxes, let’s trust…
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Labour

Calgary Herald, p. A12

Let officers focus on policing

After maintaining radio silence on the topic for much of the past year, the Alberta…
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The State of the Boreal Forest Harvest

Setting the record straight on mistaken information about the forest harvest in Canada.

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