3-minute read
Open borders for smaller wineries
Private bill to allow small Canadian family-run wineries to sell their bottles directly to consumers across the country.
5-minute read
Cessons de couper les ailes à Air Canada
The impact of a judicial appeal brought by the Quebec government against Air Canada.
4-minute read
La chasse aux Anglos
The exodus of Francophones outside of the island of Montreal.
1-minute read
Viewpoint – A new paradigm for retirement
In its 2012-2013 Budget, the Canadian government announced its intention to gradually raise the age of eligibility for Old Age Security benefits from 65 to 67. Future generations will surely come to see this as a timid adjustment measure. If life expectancy keeps rising as expected, government policies in this area will need to be guided by a new paradigm for retirement.
4-minute read
Un ajustement timide
Analysis on increasing life expectancy and public pension benefits.
3-minute read
OAS at 67: Too little, too late
Analysis on increasing life expectancy and public pension benefits.
4-minute read
Souriez, on vous regarde!
The monitoring of the population with information technologies.
4-minute read
Land-use plan will make Montreal too expensive, too congested
The Montreal metropolitan region’s new land-use plan.
4-minute read
Le virage soviétique d’Ottawa
Bill C-30.
1-minute read
The proposed alliance between Air Canada and United Continental
Traditional airlines have had a lot of trouble remaining profitable over the past decade. In order to cut costs, they formed partnerships to coordinate ticket sales, flight schedules and baggage handling among other things, while simplifying connections. This need to reduce costs has become even more crucial with recent increases and constant fluctuations in the price of oil and with the greater competition stemming from the arrival of a large number of "low-cost" carriers onto the market.