Montreal, April 3, 2013 – The Quebec government spends a great deal more than its Ontario counterpart and far exceeds the average for all Canadian provinces, as is revealed by a recent study by researchers Robert Gagné and Jonathan Deslauriers, of the HEC Montréal Centre for Productivity and Prosperity (CPP). “Although the economic situation in Quebec is less worrisome than in Spain, Italy or even Greece, we think it appropriate to ask questions about what place and role the State has in the province’s economy, to avoid finding ourselves in just as serious a crisis,” says Robert Gagné, Director of the CPP.

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