This article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal provides details of the third installment in AIMS' Special Commentary Series on Equalization. The 100 Percent Solution suggests the Equalization formula should be changed to reflect the fact that non-renewable resource revenue is a asset, not a general revenue.
When BC Premier Gordon Campbell suggested at the recent Premier's meeting to address the fiscal imbalance by relieving the tax burden, the Telegraph-Journal reporter covering the meeting knew exactly where to go for insightful comment. Fiscal imbalance is a topic AIMS has researched extensively.
AIMS' Special Commentary Series on Equalization wins over opinion leaders across the country, NS Premier Rodney MacDonald is told to follow the advice of AIMS, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development uses AIMS' research in its latest Economic Survey of Canada.
The East proposes & the West endorses fresh approach to non-renewable resource revenues under Equalization
A new report from the Asian-Pacific Foundation of Canada says Halifax is "set to become Canada's back door to Asia." The conclusion mirrors research published by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. This article in The National Post explains how congestion on the west coast will help traffic on the east.
AIMS Special Equalization Series has gained attention across the country, including in this column in the Winnipeg Free-Press. The author provides some advice for Premier Gary Doer, but also points out some of the excesses of equalization as highlighted in the AIMS series.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated a lot of attention for energy conservation. The surprise to many was that the person delivering the message represents the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, attracted media attention from around the region. For many reporters, the message was a surprising one, use less fuel.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated debate in New Brunswick about how best to encourage energy conservation. While NB's Opposition Leader says the way to go is tax incentives, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out it is a person's wallet that will change behaviour.
A Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil