Municipal Tax Reform: Global Maritimes
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill talks municipal tax reform on Global Maritimes.
Opposite ends of spectrum demand municipal tax reform
AIMS has teamed up with NS Chambers of Commerce and the CCPA-NS to encourage the province to ditch property taxation.
AIMS President & CEO talks municipal tax reform on News 95.7’s Rick Howe Show
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill joined Rick Howe of News 95.7 to talk about how AIMS has come together with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce to encourage the province to to take a serious look at eliminating property taxes.
For Immediate Release: Property tax reform advocates team up for change
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce believe it is time for the Province of Nova Scotia to take a serious look at eliminating property taxes. They are calling on the province to undertake a study into the potential for a shift from municipal property taxes to municipal income taxes as the principal source of municipal revenue.
Time for homework on municipal tax reform
Three Nova Scotia organizations have been advocating property tax reform — the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, the provincial wing of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce. On Monday, they’re launching an initiative to devise a better alternative for municipalities than taxing real estate.
Income tax plan touted
Three groups spanning the political spectrum want the province to consider overhauling the municipal tax system so that a surcharge on income would be the main contributor to city coffers.
AIMS education reform videos on Sun News Network’s Byline with Brian Lilley
AIMS education reform videos profiled on Byline on Sun News Network.
N.S Energy Spiral Must Stop, Brison Warns
In a speech delivered at an AIMS event Feb 15th, Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison said rising electricity rates, high public debt and worsening demographics need to be addressed before they overtake the province.
Taxes won’t fix obesity
In this op-ed AIMS senior fellow in Urban Policy, Patrick Luciani says that taxing junk food will no doubt increase revenues but will do nothing to decrease obesity.
Scott Brison’s plan to avoid a Greek tragedy in Maritimes
In a speech Friday to the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison laid out in stark detail just how close his home province has come to insolvency. Brison proposes an economic union, which he calls a New East Partnership and Trade Agreement Plus