As the Quebec government orders a review of the province’s tax system, Quebecers continue to pay some of the highest taxes in North America, finds a new study by Sean Speer, Milagros Palacios, and Feixue Ren. The study, Quebec’s Tax Competitiveness: A Barrier to Prosperity, compares Quebec’s tax rates (personal, corporate, payroll) to other Canadian provinces and American states in 2014, and examines the effect on Quebec’s economic performance over the past 10 years.