Equalization in Canada is supposed to ensure people across the country have access to reasonably comparable public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. This special Commentary Series goes beyond the dollar and cents to the actual public services.
In his column in the National Post, Lorne Gunter uses AIMS special Equalization Commentary Series to support his arguement that equalization needs to be scaled back, not increased as has been proposed.
In this op/ed that appeared in the St. John's Evening Telegram, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley responds to an editorial in the same paper suggesting think tanks shouldn't be eligible for charitable status. Crowley explains the role and the funding of public policy think tanks.
AIMS special Equalization Commentary Series attracted the attention of Nigel Hannaford, a member of The Calgary Herald editorial board. In his regular weekend column, he takes a closer look at the Equalization numbers.
Industry cannot get locked into always doing things the way they have been done, but should adapt to the new reality. AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley used the agriculture industry as an example during a luncheon address to an economic conference in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. His remarks were featured in the provincial edition of The Chronicle-Herald.
How equalization underwrites a bloated public service and excessive debt.
In the first of a three part series on equalization, AIMS shows that equalization is anything but equal. The release of the first Commentary in the series prompted this story in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal.
How Canada over-equalizes and why the Expert Panel’s recommendations will make it worse.
Gas regulation provides political benefits for the government but no real benefits for consumers. That's the message delivered by AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley in this news story about the passage in New Brunswick of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act.
Reaching Atlantica: Business without Borders