Perspective
Discusses major economic issues, topics that affect the Quebec economy and sector-based analyses.
- Commercial Food Service: The Calm after the Storm? (PDF, 362 KB) - This link
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- May 11, 2022
- Quebec’s Furniture Industry Was Affected by the Pandemic, but Is Recovering (PDF, 352 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- December 9, 2021 - The Aerospace Industry Powers Up (PDF, 369 KB) - This link will open in a
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- October 22, 2021 - Natural Resources: Still One of Quebec’s Economic Assets (PDF, 410 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- September 1, 2021 - Repatriating Manufacturing: Between Dream and Reality (PDF, 389 KB) - This
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- May 25, 2021 - Circular Economy: A More Sensible Use of Resources (PDF, 417 KB) - This link
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- March 23, 2021
- Logistics: The Invisible Wheel That Keeps the Economy Rolling (PDF, 366 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- December 3, 2020 - The Wood Processing Industry: Walking a Tightrope (PDF, 393 KB) - This link
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- October 29, 2020 - Machinery Manufacturing: At the Centre of the Economy (PDF, 360 KB) - This
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- August 24, 2020 - Creative Industries: A New Post-containment Economic Engine? (PDF, 350 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- May 7, 2020 - The Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Sector: A Little-Known Economic Player (PDF, 393 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- March 5, 2020
- The Printing Industry: Handling the Shift with Skill (PDF, 317 KB) - This
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- December 17, 2019 - Buying Local: Nothing Fringe about It (PDF, 389 KB) - This link will open in
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- November 29, 2019 - The Trucking Industry: At the Heart of the Economy (PDF, 348 KB) - This link
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- October 17, 2019 - The Packaging Industry: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (PDF, 356 KB) - This
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- September 16, 2019 - Retirees in Quebec: A Family Picture (PDF, 442 KB) - This link will open in
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- August 15, 2019 - Welcome to the 21st Century: Industrial Bioproducts (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
- May 17, 2019 - Disruptive Technologies: Questions That Go beyond the Economy (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
- April 10, 2019 - Life Sciences in Quebec: A Booming Industry (PDF, 1.86 MB) - This link will
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- March 7, 2019 - Metal Product Fabrication: Investing in the Future (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This
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- February 7, 2019
- Lumber: A Lull after an Exceptional Year (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will
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- December 18, 2018 - Can Quebec Businesses Remain Optimistic for Much Longer? (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
- November 1st, 2018 - Retail Trade: Carving Out a Niche, and Holding On to It (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
- October 4, 2018 - Advanced Materials: The Future Is Now (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open
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- September 5, 2018 - The Commercial Food Service Industry: Coming Through! (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This
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- July 5, 2018 - Hotel Operators: Full Speed Ahead (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a
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- May 31st, 2018 - Electric Vehicles: Should We Believe the Rumour? (PDF, 1.80 MB) - This link
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- April 24, 2018 - Quebec and Ontario: A Powerful Economic Force (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link
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- March 15, 2018
- Quebec’s Manufacturing Industry Pushes Back (PDF, 1831 KB) - This link will
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- December 19, 2017 - New Technologies: Hardly a Quiet Revolution (PDF, 1875 KB) - This link will
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- November 30, 2017 - Quebec’s tightening labour market (PDF, 1916 KB) - This link will open in a
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- November 1st, 2017 - Quebec’s textile industry embraces technology (PDF, 1879 KB) - This link
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- September 27, 2017 - E-commerce Is Here to Stay (PDF, 1902 KB) - This link will open in a new
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- August 29, 2017 - The Furniture Industry Regains Some of Its Lustre (PDF, 1,862 KB) - This
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- July 5, 2017 - Quebec’s mining industry is here to stay (PDF, 416 KB) - This link will open
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- May 19, 2017 - Montreal has yet to say its last word (PDF, 389 KB) - This link will open in
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- April 5, 2017 - Poverty in Quebec still exists (PDF, 464 KB) - This link will open in a new
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- March 8, 2017 - Trade between Quebec and the United States - Banking on each party’s strengths
20% of Quebec’s GDP depends on exports to the United States (PDF, 491 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- January 31, 2017
- Lumber: Another episode in a long battle (PDF, 356 KB) - This link will open
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- December 20, 2016 - The sharing economy: A black box (PDF, 398 KB) - This link will open in a
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- November 2016 - Professional, scientific and technical services: then and now (PDF, 458 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- October 2016 - New technologies: progress in robotization
An economic look at a global phenomenon (PDF, 425 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- September 2016 - Youth aged 15 to 24 just keep on changing ... (PDF, 582 KB) - This link will
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- June 2016 - The plastics and composites industry: Being on the ball to stay in the game (PDF, 709 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- May 2016 - The recycling industry: A world to discover, a drive to build the future (PDF, 327 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- April 2016 - The clothing and fashion industry is preparing to slug it out with the competition (PDF, 403 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- March 2016 - The underground economy
overshadows the official economy (PDF, 526 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- February 2016 - Printing: The coming years promise to be turbulent (PDF, 359 KB) - This link
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- January 2016
- Self-employment in Quebec: a brief foray (PDF, 623 KB) - This link will open
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- December 2015 - The wood product and pulp and paper industries: between tradition and innovation (PDF, 604 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- October-November 2015 - Demographic projections, the regions and thoughts about the future (PDF, 669 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- September 2015 - Buying local: a phenomenon not to be ignored (PDF, 635 KB) - This link will open in a
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- July 2015 - Ecodesign: When the environment and the economy work together (PDF, 629 KB) - This
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- June 2015 - Quebec's economy through the lens of GDP: Gains outweigh losses (PDF, 525 KB) - This
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- April-May 2015 - Restaurants: Headwinds buffet the industry (PDF, 567 KB) - This link will open in a
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- March 2015 - Has the labour force participation rate among seniors really increased in Quebec? (PDF, 608 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- February 2015 - Quebec's hotel sector: beyond appearances (PDF, 656 KB) - This link will open in a new
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- January 2015
- The labour market: Behind the scenes
There's no such thing as the "average" unemployed worker (PDF, 584 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
- November 2014 - Retail trade: Time to take stock
- October 2014 (PDF, 604 KB) - Quebec's manufacturing sector after the disillusionments of the 2000 decade
- September 2014 (PDF, 605 KB) - Renovations: transitioning from a nomadic way of life to a more settled one
- June 2014 (PDF, 568 KB) - Business bankruptcies: Economic situation, knowledge gaps and differences
- May 2014 (PDF, 575 KB) - Quebecers and their automobiles: A love story
- April 2014 (PDF, 602 KB) - B2C e-commerce: catching up to a moving train
- March 2014 (PDF, 574 KB) - The repatriation of manufacturing: beyond the rhetoric
- February 2014 (PDF, 549 KB) - A full plate for the fabricated metal products industry
- January 2014 (PDF, 547 KB)
- Quebec and BRICS: A relationship with a future
- December 2013 (PDF, 560 KB) - Between the real and the virtual: The video game industry in Quebec
- November 2013 (PDF, 553 KB) - Globalization in action: the retail trade in Quebec
- October 2013 (PDF, 529 KB) - Quebec's 17 regions: many ways to achieve growth
- September 2013 (PDF, 615 KB) - Montreal: Being a metropolis is a full-time job
- June–July 2013 (PDF, 683 KB) - The forest industry: Things are looking up
- May 2013 (PDF, 101 KB) - What Quebec sectors have potential?
- April 2013 (PDF, 147 KB) - Employment: The healthcare and social assistance sector is advancing at a good pace, but how long will this
last?
- March 2013 (PDF, 104 KB) - Is Quebec experiencing a labour shortage? How can we know for sure?
- February 2013 (PDF, 118 KB) - Should we worry about rising cereal prices like we do about oil prices?
- January 2013 (PDF, 139 KB)
Fall 2012 - QUEBEC - UNITED STATES SPECIAL
Summer 2012 - SERVICE SECTOR SPECIAL
Spring 2012 - LABOUR MARKET SPECIAL
Winter 2012 - SPECIAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Fall 2011 - Volume 21 - SPECIAL EDITION: THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMY
- Québec's cooperatives and mutual aid organizations: an undeniable economic force
The multifaceted social economy
(PDF, 468 KB)
Summer 2011 - Volume 21 - NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIAL
Spring 2011 - Volume 21 - FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL
- When transportation works...
An industry in motion
(PDF, 565 KB)
Winter 2011 - Volume 21 - CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY SPECIAL
Fall 2010 - Volume 20 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SPECIAL
Summer 2010 - Volume 20 - KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY SPECIAL
- How has the
situation evolved since the beginning of the millennium?
The many faces of the knowledge economy
(PDF, 493 KB)
Spring 2010 - Volume 20 - FOOD PROCESSING SPECIAL
- The
Québec food processing industry: A stabilizing factor for the economy?
How do we prepare for the future?
(PDF, 488 KB)
Winter 2010 - Volume 20 - MANUFACTURING SPECIAL
Fall 2009 - Volume 19 - ENERGY SPECIAL
Summer 2009 - Volume 19 - POVERTY SPECIAL
- Despite the economic boom of the
2000s, poverty has not disappeared
Poverty can be beaten
(PDF, 501 KB)
Spring 2009 - Volume 19 - TOURISM INDUSTRY
Winter 2009 - Volume 19 - ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL
- Where do we stand?
When we take action
(PDF, 501 KB)
Fall 2008 - Volume 18 - TRADE SECTOR SPECIAL
- An Overview - Much maligned and
underestimated
Issues - A driver of change in the economy
(PDF, 494 KB)
Summer 2008 - Volume 18 - SPECIAL ON THE FORESTRY SECTOR
- The rules of the game are
changing, and so is the forestry industry…
No time for nostalgia
(PDF, 511 KB)
Spring 2008 - Volume 18 - SPECIAL ON SMALL BUSINESS
- Is the backbone of Québec's economy collapsing?
"When demographics and the ""invisible hand"" work together…"
(PDF, 478 KB)
Winter 2008 - Volume 18
Fall 2007 - Volume 17
Summer 2007 - Volume 17
- Québec job market: declining, sideslipping or changing direction?
Is Québec manufacturing sector closing up shop?
(PDF, 2.9 MB)
Spring 2007 - Volume 17
Novembre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 9 - Spécial prévisions 2006-2007
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
- Atterrissage ou écrasement? (in French only, PDF, 79 KB)
- Quand la tempête ne semble jamais s'apaiser (in French only, PDF, 55 KB)
- Le ralentissement se poursuivra, mais pas de écession en vue (in French only, PDF, 87 KB)
- Principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 26 KB)
Octobre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 8
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 243 KB)
- La décélération de l'économie américaine est bel et bien enclenchée (in French only, PDF, 195 KB)
- Taux de chômage et vieillissement de la population : quelle équation? (in French only, PDF, 192 KB)
- Développement du marché du GNL et effets possibles sur le bilan énergétique du Québec (in French only, PDF, 192 KB)
Août-Septembre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 7
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 244 KB)
- Les États-Unis prennent le virage vers le ralentissement, mais à quelle vitesse? (in French only, PDF, 209 KB)
- L'industrie forestière : sur un fil? (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)
- Malgré l'absence d'une bulle immobilière au Canada, les disparités régionales suscitent certaines inquiétudes (in French only, PDF, 190 KB)
Juin-Juillet 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 6
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 150 KB)
- Une perspective emballante et préoccupante à la fois pour les prochains mois (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
- Prix du pétrole : qu'est-ce qui différencie le choc actuel de ceux de 1973 et de 1979-1980? (in French only, PDF, 63 KB)
- Quel frénésie entoure les prix de l'or? (in French only, PDF, 91 KB)
Mai 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 5 - Spécial Prévisions 2006-2007
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 124 KB)
- Un horizon qui s'obscurcit pour le centre du pays (in French only, PDF, 81 KB)
- Naviguer sur une mer agitée (in French only, PDF, 59 KB)
- La croissance économique glissera sous les 2 % en 2006 et en 2007 (in French only, PDF, 83 KB)
- Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 33 KB)
April 2006 - Volume 16, Issue 4
- Complete En perspective bulletin (12 pages) (PDF, 136 KB)
- Off to a great start... but a slowdown is in sight (PDF, 94 KB)
- Québec housing market: autopsy of the current slowdown (PDF, 68 KB)
- A remarkable boom for Desjardins Group over the last ten years (PDF, 89 KB)
Mars 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 3
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 134 KB)
- Ralentissement de milieu de cycle en vue (in French only, PDF, 143 KB)
- L'industrie du sciage est à la recherche d'un second souffle - deuxième partie (in French only, PDF, 145 KB)
- Québec : 2010 se prépare aujourd'hui (in French only, PDF, 143 KB)
Février 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 2
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 148 KB)
- Perspectives 2006 : une autre bonne année de croissance (in French only, PDF, 149 KB)
- L'industrie du sciage est à la recherche d'un second souffle - première partie (in French only, PDF, 148 KB)
- L'avenir de l'industrie aéronautique au Québec (in French only, PDF, 149 KB)
Décembre 2005-Janvier 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 1
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
- L'activité économique décélérera au quatrième trimestre, mais elle rebondira au début de 2006 (in French only, PDF, 137 KB)
- Immobilier industriel et commercial au Québec : le point sur le cycle actuel (in French only, PDF, 137 KB)
- Prix du pétrole et camionnage : un mélange explosif? (in French only, PDF, 138 KB)
Novembre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 10 - Spécial prévisions 2005-2006
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 123 KB)
- Un Canada à deux vitesses : forte croissance à l'Ouest et plus modérée au Centre et à l'Est (in French only, PDF, 83 KB)
- 2005-2006 : le secteur manufacturier demeure sur la brèche (in French only, PDF, 60 KB)
- Plusieurs embûches limiteront la croissance économique (in French only, PDF, 80 KB)
- Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 32 KB)
Octobre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 9
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 127 KB)
- L'emballement des prix du pétrole mettra du sable dans l'engrenage des économies québécoise et ontarienne (in French only, PDF, 88 KB)
- Le secteur des produits laitiers : s'adapter pour subsister (in French only, PDF, 70 KB)
- Immeubles à bureaux : où en sommes-nous dans le cycle? (in French only, PDF, 76 KB)
Août-septembre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 8
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 168 KB)
- Actuellement en phase de ralentissement, l'économie québécoise rebondira à compter de l'automne (in French only, PDF, 121 KB)
- Résidences privées pour personnes âgées : le nouvel eldorado du marché de l'habitation? (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
- Les perspectives de développement des régions québécoises (in French only, PDF, 116 KB)
Juillet 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 7
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 177 KB)
- L'économie américaine ralentit mais ne s'arrête pas (in French only, PDF, 136 KB)
- Quelle direction prendra le marché de l'automobile? (in French only, PDF, 106 KB)
- L'emploi dans le secteur manufacturier : un gouffre sans fond? (in French only, PDF, 121 KB)
Juin 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 6
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 169 KB)
- L'économie américaine en perte de vitesse (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
- Quel est le meilleur choix d'un terme hypothécaire? (in French only, PDF, 111 KB)
- Secteur manufacturier : les secousses du huard ont-elles créé plus de peur que de mal ? (in French only, PDF, 110 KB)
Mai 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 5 - Spécial prévisions 2005-2006
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 162 KB)
- 2005 et 2006 : Une dynamique fort différente au nord et au sud de la frontière (in French only, PDF, 118 KB)
- Le secteur manufacturier toujours en transition en 2005 et 2006 (in French only, PDF, 96 KB)
- L'économie sur le point de rebondir (in French only, PDF, 119 KB)
- Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 39 KB)
April 2005 - Volume 15, Issue 4
- Complete En perspective Bulletin (12 pages) (PDF, 171 KB)
- 2005: Deceleration in the United States and stability in Canada (PDF, 141 KB)
- Rental units: The cycle high has been reached (PDF, 109 KB)
- Desjardins Group maintains expansion in 2004 (PDF, 123 KB)
Mars 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 3
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)
- La Banque du Canada rajuste son tir : le huard se replie... (in French only, PDF, 132 KB)
- Le meuble au Québec : il faut agir maintenant (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
- Marché de l'habitation au Québec : place à l'accalmie (in French only, PDF, 118 KB)
Février 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 2
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 179 KB)
- Les perspectives 2005 assombries par l'appréciation du huard (in French only, PDF, 132 KB)
- Le marché du condo s'essouffle (in French only, PDF, 105 KB)
- Quelques effets prévisibles du vieillissement de la population sur l'économie du Québec (in French only, PDF, 124 KB)
Décembre 2004-Janvier 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 1
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 198 KB)
Novembre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 10 - Spécial prévisions 2005
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 164 KB)
Octobre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 9
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)
Août-septembre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 8
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 190 KB)
Juillet 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 7
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 195 KB)
Juin 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 6
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 199 KB)
Mai 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 5 - Spécial prévisions 2004-2005
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 185 KB)
Avril 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 4 - Spécial industrie financière
- Complete newsletter (12 pages) (PDF, 165 KB)
Mars 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 3
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 165 KB)
Février 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 2
- Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 1.3 MB)