Montreal, November 21, 2012 – By maintaining regulations that limit competition in many sectors of the economy, Canada – and consequently Quebec – are hindering productivity growth. This situation, denounced in Productivity and Prosperity in Quebec – 2012 Overview, is worrisome. “With this analysis we wanted to suggest ways to government decision makers of reducing the gap that our country has seen in the past three decades in terms of our standard of living. Our study shows, in particular, that Canada’s excessive protectionism in its goods markets is impeding its economic expansion,” maintains Robert Gagné, Director of the HEC Montréal Centre for Productivity and Prosperity (CPP).

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