Montreal Gazette
Ian Irvine
Last published March 2026 · On our record since 2014
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“The Montreal Economic Institute recently released a study explaining why direct purchase subsidies for electric cars are an inefficient and costly way to reduce greenhouse gases.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: How variable pricing at Hydro-Québec could give electric cars a boostOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 27, 2026
- Opinion: Let's put a price on crossing Mount RoyalOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 23, 2018
- Opinion: How variable pricing at Hydro-Québec could give electric cars a boostOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 27, 2017
- Opinion: Legalizing marijuana isn't apt to bring a windfall for governmentsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 19, 2016
- Opinion: Legalizing marijuana isn’t apt to bring a windfall for governmentsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 19, 2016
- Opinion: Legalizing marijuana isn't apt to bring a windfall for governmentsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 19, 2016
- Opinion: Higher education in Quebec is staggeringly underpricedOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 6, 2014