Maritime Morning: Municipal Campaign Spending Limits
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill on municipal campaign spending limits.
Time to re-think cumbersome taxation model
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill says that property taxes are inefficient, wasteful, have no connection to the services you’re seeing, no connection to your ability to pay and essentially are a drag on economic investment and business activity.
Editorial: Taking a long view
MP Scott Brison gave a speech to the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, calling for Maritimers to take a long view. He said that this region, with its debts expanding and fiscal capacity shrinking, could be courting insolvency within 10 years.
Income-based tax best model
Michael Bradfield, research associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Charles Cirtwill, president, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies; and Wayne Fiander, executive director, Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce respond to an editorial by Marilla Stephenson on the idea of municipal income tax.
The Beacon- February 28
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Maritime Morning: Municipal Tax Reform
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill, Dr. Michael Bradfield of CCPA-NS, and Wayne Fiander of NS Chambers of Commerce join Jordi Morgan of News 95.7 to discuss municipal tax reform.
CBC Information Morning: EI integrity officers going door to door
AIMS President & CEO weighs in on the issue of house calls to EI recipients.
STEPHENSON: An income tax won’t cure HRM woes
Op-ed in The Chronicle Herald - At every corner, it seems, tax burdens are rising. Taxpayers in the Halifax region have good reason to be skeptical of recent calls for the city to adopt an income tax model as a means to collect revenue.
STEPHENSON: Municipal tax reform a hot potato for Savage, Dexter
Op-ed in The Chronicle Herald As three groups push for a shift to income tax as a way to fund municipal services, a problematic assumption has been made: that higher assessments have to equally mean higher tax bills.
For Immediate Release: Examining the possible risks of PEI Energy Commissions’ proposals
The PEI Energy Commission’s recent proposals dealing with power supply, utility regulation, and regional opportunities could lead to unnecessary cost increases, according to a new report released by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS).