Another group ranking high schools
AIMS written up for comprehensive High School Report Card, which rates the performance of secondary schools.
AIMS Provides Context for Election Issues
Throughout the 2004 federal election campaign the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies has been the "go to" source in Atlantic Canada to provide topical analysis. Journalists often turn first to AIMS for informed comment and assistance in providing context on a wide range of issues including employment, regional development, equalization and health care.
AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie speaks about NS Bill 148 on News 95.7 Radio.
AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie speaks about NS Bill 148 on News 95.7 Radio.
Campbell named to the Order of Canada
Mount Allison president recognized for work with Mount Allison
Hungry for new ideas
AIMS President Navarro-Génie remarks that the realisation that tired old ways aren’t working is making people hungry for new ideas and solutions.
Media Release: Legislated wage patterns a step in the right direction: AIMS
Halifax – The Nova Scotia government’s decision to legislate wage patterns in the public sector is the kind of fiscally responsible decision needed to address the province’s financial reality, says the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS). While it is to some extent understandable that several trade unions in Nova Scotia find the government’s decision [...]
Ontario to lose equalization payments as Alberta’s economic fortunes fall
Karen Howlett and Jane Taber
Radio: Electricity Rates in NS
Market prices for coal, oil and natural gas have fallen nearly 50% in the last two years, prompting a decline in electricity rates across North America, except in Nova Scotia where electricity rates continue to rise and we continue to pay among the highest rates on the continent. Allowing electricity rates in [...]
Radio: The Cost Disease
Across Atlantic Canada education costs are on the rise. Between 1999 and 2010, per student education costs increased by more than 70% in all four Atlantic provinces. One reason for this phenomenon is that even as school enrollment has been declining over the past 15 years, the number of educators in our school [...]