Let’s get rid of energy board
Reader cites AIMS study to save taxpayers money and reduce the provincial deficit.
NB Liquor studies options
AIMS President Charles Cirtwill says New Brunswick Liquor is a good candidate for sell-off, to cut costs and increase profits.
Ontario tops study
The Canada Health Consumer Index, released by the FRontier Centre for Public POlicy in co-operation with AIMS generated discussion across the country, including this story on the on-line Canoe news service.
How to re-wire Canada’s spectrum licences
The newsletter produced each week by Canada's Embassy in Washington features AIMS' paper on spectrum licences.
Education is the fast road to get kids out of poverty
Chronicle-Herald columnist Marilla Stevenson uses AIMS' research on early childhood education to make her point in this column.
Getting It Right from the Start: An Argument for Early Childhood Care
The website, Social Policy in Ontario, directed followers to AIMS' paper on early childhood education, as a must-read for those interested in education and out children.
NB: New government to set up crown company to attract business
When the New Brunswick government announced it was going to set up a new agency for economic development, the New Brusnwick Telegraph Journal tunred to AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill to explain what works and what doesn't.
Electrical power market has to change
The proposed agreement by Emera and Nalcor to develop the Muskrat Falls hydro project on the Lower Churchill drew applause from AIMS author Gordon Weil. However, in this op-ed that appeared in several papers around the region, Weil says there's more the region can do to improve electrical transmission.
One economic development agency, one goal
The government of New Brunswick plans to replace Business New Brunswick with an arms-length development agency called Invest NB. AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill says it's a model that has worked in Nova Scotia, and could in New Brunswick.
N.B. throne speech gets mixed reviews
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill says the NB government has to do more than just say it has a financial problem, it has to provide details of how to solve it.