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Linguistic Vitality by Other Means, from the Montreal Economic Institute think tank.
The MEI commented on the day the Legault government released its proposed Bill 96, in reaction to a perception French is declining in the province. Some of the measures include applying Quebec s Bill 101 to federally chartered institutions and small businesses, using the Notwithstanding clause, and limiting francophone student numbers in CEGEPs to 2019-20 levels. Being able to speak an additional language is an important factor from an economic standpoint, says Vincent Geloso, Associate Researcher at the MEI and Assistant Professor of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Its effect on individuals corresponds to that of an extra year of schooling, which is quite a lot. What we observe is that new arrivals and foreign capital tend to gravitate toward the more prosperous portion of a population.
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Most of the headlines from the Liberal budget were about the big dollar expenditures: tens of billions in new spending on child care, corporate welfare handouts (even excluding pandemic-related supports), student debt relief, climate change programs, Indigenous services, and much more. All this spending, by shifting economic control from the private sector to government, will reduce economic growth.
However, even when the Liberals aren’t spending more of taxpayers’ money, they are introducing other economically harmful policies. The budget includes, among other things, a new $15 per hour minimum wage for federally regulated workers and a commitment to strengthening “labour protection” for workers in the gig economy.
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CMP corridor remains bad deal for Maine
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Hydro-Quebec has certainly stepped up their game lately, with advertisements flooding our lives and letters from their employees showing up in Maine papers touting the “benefits” of their unpopular CMP corridor project. Considering the fact that Hydro-Quebec stands to make $12.4 billion off of this contract with Massachusetts, I would urge my fellow Mainers to take their claims with a grain of salt, or in accordance with their ads, with a drop of rain.
Here are some important facts about this project: Nearly every major environmental group opposes the project because the climate benefits aren’t real. The (many) ads we’re seeing from HQ, a company owned 100% by a foreign government, would be illegal in Quebec. HQ, and their partner CMP, have fought hard to keep information about the source of the power a secret.