Using a wrench as a hammer: Why EI is the wrong tool to respond to loss of income in an economic downturn
This AIMS Commentary by UPEI economist Robin F. Neill examines the employment insurance program and finds it wanting.
Historical Atlantica
This paper by Carleton University and UPEI economics professor Robin Neill takes a look back at Atlantica and points out that it is anything but a new concept. He suggests that the region's history should guide policy, and government should step aside. He says government could act as facilitator by providing the infrastructure to allow Atlantica to thrive.
Too Many Cooks
This paper takes a different look at equalization and how best to create equal public services across Canada. Author Robin Neil suggests rather than using provincial differentiated transfers, equalization is better achieved through provincially differentiated taxes.
It is FARMING, not Fishing
Author Robin Neill, professor of Economics at UPEI, examines the bureaucracy surrounding the aquaculture industry in Canada and calls for a fundamental reorientation. In "It is FARMING, not Fishing", Neill concludes aquaculture needs to be separated from the administration of the wild fishery, which means taking it out of the jurisdiction of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
“Foreshore, Law and Politics” – AIMS at the New Zealand Parliament
October 4th, 2003 at an International Coference in New Zealand, Brian Lee Crowley gave a talk entitled “Who should own the sea and why it matters” outlining how the benefits of individual quotas or property rights will result in sustainable fisheries. In conjunction with this speech. Dr. Crowley took the opportunity to release AIMS major paper on aquaculture completed in cooperation with the Canadian Aquaculture Institute.
Fencing the Last Frontier
UPEI economist, Robin Neill argues that because there is no comprehensive body of law dealing with the industry, producers are forced to navigate a maze of sluggish and inept bureaucracy with no restraint on government and administrative discretion.
Robin Neill’s presentation to the Standing Committee on HRD and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Robin Neill, Chair of AIMS Research Advisory Board, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities during the statutory review of the Employment Equity Act. As part of his remarks, Professor Neill highlighted the difficulty with quotas by explaining to the committee that the problem now is a decline in the participation rate of males in the labour force. Employment of women is going up and the proportion of men employed is going down. Professor Neill asked if this then required legislation to improve the position of men, placing yet one more constraint on market forces? His answer is that what was not good for the gander is not good for the goose; we ought not to legislate advanced employment quotas of men in this country. What we ought to do is undo the legislation we now have on the books.