The Trump Administration has proclaimed an “America First” trade agenda, signalling a new age of protectionism. Unfortunately, limiting trade won't help American workers. Instead, it jeopardizes the 9 million jobs supported by trade with Canada. Now is the time to emphasize the important relationship between our countries. In Atlantic Canada alone, the value [...]
HALIFAX, NS — The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) this morning releases an international index on housing affordability. The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017 is published in collaboration with the Demographia group in Illinois, USA and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg. Authors Wendell Cox and Hugh Pavletich explain that [...]
News article mentioning the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey • CBC P.E.I., 23 January 2017 A new international affordable housing index released Monday by the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies contains good news for Atlantic Canada. The study found that the top three most affordable cities for housing in Canada are in New [...]
News article mentioning the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey • The Telegram, 23 January 2017 Housing in St. John''s has reached “"moderately unaffordable" range, says The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) which released an index this morning on housing affordability. The same conclusion was reached about Halifax, the other of Atlantic Canada's [...]
News article mentioning the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey • Radio-Canada New Brunswick, 23 January 2017 A Radio-Canada news story discusses housing affordability, mentioning the results of the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, co-published by AIMS. Avec un prix médian de 134 900 $ pour une maison, Moncton se classe en [...]
We often hear warnings about two-tier healthcare, where the wealthy can access a private and separate health system. But even today's public healthcare does not deliver equal service to everyone. Administration by the provincial government alone produces unfair, three-tier healthcare. At the top, some people can access primary care around the clock. In [...]
In October 2012, a New Brunswick man was arrested for returning from Quebec with cheaper beer. Why? Because monopolies such as the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation are protected by outdated laws that restrict importing alcohol from other provinces. Other liquor corporations in Canada do the same. Their control over distribution and sale of [...]
P.E.I. school enrollment is declining. Logically, fewer students should need fewer people to teach them. Instead, P.E.I.'s government has created new teaching positions. This decision will be expensive. The Province already spends 3,000 dollars more, per student, than it did ten years ago. With fewer students and more instructors, spending will increase. Hiring [...]
Editorial quoting AIMS study Measuring Austerity in Atlantic Canada • Telegraph-Journal, 12 December 2016 A recent report from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, a regional think-tank, suggests that Atlantic Canada has not, in recent memory, gone into “austerity” mode. This report is important because citizens are often led to believe the government has been [...]
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) publishes this morning a policy study entitled Measuring Austerity in Atlantic Canada. The paper examines the public finances of governments in the region, paying close attention to the notion of austerity. The study sets to discover whether we have we lived in the recent past, or [...]