The impact of the high Canadian dollar, equalization and infrastructure spending are all expected to be on the agenda when the premiers meet this week with the Prime Minister. AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill explains what New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham should be looking to accomplish at the meetings.
The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal turned to AIMS for insight of the public policies that should be discussed at the upcoming First Ministers' meeting. Acting President Charles Cirtwill comments on the high Canadian dollar and record fuel costs.
AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill suggests NB Premier Shawn Graham should bring a focused approach to the First Ministers' meeting in January. Cirtwill says the premier needs to propose sensible and practical options to current problems.
AIMS gave the NB government full marks for introducing a system to track students who default on student loans. However, acting President Charles Cirtwill says there is a potential problem if the government uses the default information to dictate that schools need to change their curriculum.
Globe and Mail business columnist Neil Reynolds uses AIMS' latest Atlantica paper to explain why the concept works, and why the federal government should just let it be.
The PEI government has accepted AIMS' advice and is releasing school by school test results. Senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe points out that data is critical if educators are serious about improving results. Such data, he says, show what a school is doing well, where it isn't succeeding, and how to make improvements.
In this front page story in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains that universities in the region need to make changes if they are to survive the demographic shift.
Ottawa Sun Columnist Walter Robinson recommends a recent AIMS Commentary by Patrick Luciani be mandatory reading for city councillors.
The economic integration of North America is the topic of this opinion piece by Globe & Mail columnist Neil Reynolds. The foundation of his argument is the work conducted by the chair of AIMS' Board of Research Advisors, Robin Neill.
It would appear it's not just transportation, trade & trucks that could use Atlantica for help. This story about moose shows the need for cooperation within Atlantica to protect wildlife.