It's time to end the debate over student loans and take an indepth look at the program. In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains people defaulting on the loans are only the result of the problem, not the cause.
In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains there needs to be more development in Atlantic Canada from Research & Development. He suggests a way to encourage that is to provide tax credits to companies.
Policy changes could help alleviate a growing labour shortage in Atlantic Canada and encourage more people to join the workforce through trades. This op/ed by AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro suggests that one of those changes should be to immigration policy.
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says government needs to change the way it looks at student loans. In this article about the high bad loans rate, he suggests the information should be used to determine where or on what terms to grant loans in the first instance.
The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group explains the miscalculations used by the uninformed in the health care reform debate; AIMS tells a House Committee that bad policy is killing jobs and shows a Senate Committee the true weight of equalization. And meet the new wonks.
The public-private health care debate can seem a lot like a high school math class – there's a lot of noise, a few troublemakers and frequently a profound misunderstanding of the numbers. The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG), coordinated by AIMS, is adding a little clarity to the debate. This third paper published by the CHCCG shows how the data is often misunderstood and misused.
The public-private debate is undermined by a misuse of health care data.
The Telegraph-Journal takes a look at the potential population decline in New Brunswick and indications that in the next five years deaths will outpace briths. The newspaper turned to AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill to explain how the decline can be turned around.
The New Brunswick government is offering a $2,000 tuition credit for university students next year as a means of making post-secondary education more affordable. However, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says the program won't really accomplish its goal.
Put away the tin cup! AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill applauds the new premier of New Brunswick in this op/ed that appeared in the National Post. He says more Atlantic Canadian premiers need to get the message that self-sufficiency should be the goal.