The Beacon – July 2015
Volume XXI, no. 10
Nalcor Energy Marketing looks to ship it out to Boston
Massachusetts governor says Canadian hydro key to meeting climate change goals
Radio: Canada’s Equalization Program Needs To Be Reformed
Canada's equalization program is motivated by good intentions. However, it creates perverse incentives for provincial governments to shun sensible economic opportunities. For example, although natural resource development is an important driver of economic growth in Canada and despite several studies that point towards the economic benefit of shale gas development, provincial governments in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia [...]
Raising Minimum Wage in Nova Scotia May Do More Harm Than Good
Michael Kydd is interviewed on CBC Radio about raising the minimum wage in Nova Scotia.
An Analysis of the Tax Proposals in the Nova Scotia Tax and Regulatory Review
A report commissioned by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and written by Dr. Kevin Milligan, Associate Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, suggests the recommendations of the seven-month-old Broten Review are steps in the right direction in terms of fairness in Nova Scotia`s tax system.
Bandwidth is like water: we should pay for consumption
Everything has a price -- Including internet bandwidth. Without that price system, providers get mixed messages when it comes to things like growing rural infrastructure, or ensuring bandwidth is used efficiently. As AIMS president Marco Navarro-Genie argues, it's no different than usage based pricing of water. Without it we get waste and stagnation that could ultimately culminate into an internet drought.