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avril 2, 2007
Réflexions linguistiques
State = État
Statist = Étatiste
Statistics = Étatisteries
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics = Mensonges, Méchants Mensonges et Étatisteries
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avril 1, 2007
A time for Quebec to clean up its mess
La citation de la semaine aux Coulisses du Pouvoir ce matin provenait d'un éditorial assez singlant mais très intéressant du Globe and Mail.
Quebec is a mess. The province is overtaxed, overregulated, unproductive and stagnant. The unemployment rate is chronically above the national average, the weekly wage and economic growth chronically below it.
But Quebec doesn't have to be poor. Its workforce is educated and largely bilingual, it is rich in natural resources, it has expertise in manufacturing and financial services, and its cultural industries are vibrant. Even a few years of consistently enlightened government could transform the place.
Balanced budgets, sharply reduced taxes, laws restricting union power, and a move toward user-pay principles in education and social programs would be painful and disruptive at first but, in a decade, would turn Quebec into a have province. The past quarter of a century has been marked by the transformation of previously moribund economies: Britain, Ireland, even the rest of Canada. Now it's Quebec's turn.
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If things go well, the ADQ and the Liberals will work together to finally shatter the province's corporatist, communitarian consensus, bringing Quebec's economy and society into the 21st century.Lire l'article complet sur le site du Globe and Mail
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