Does Nova Scotia stifle innovation?
Disruptors fear province doesn’t welcome new ideas
Radio: Free Tuition in Canada May Not be the Answer
Student activists often argue in favour of eliminating tuition fees in Canada for post-secondary education, but it's an inefficient policy strategy. Supporters of very low tuition rates argue that this policy approach can help improve university participation rates, but post-secondary participation rates are no higher in provinces like Quebec and Manitoba where tuition is very low compared to [...]
Radio: No Zero Policies Can be Harmful To Students
Across Canada, many school boards have adopted No Zero policies for students, which means that students cannot receive a grade of zero for their work even if it is submitted months late or incomplete. No Zero policies are harmful to students. Students quickly learn that assignment due dates amount to mere suggestions, and teachers are left pleading [...]
AIMS Radio: No Zero Policies Are Harmful To Students
Mandated No Zero Policies do no favours to teachers or students.
Should we stop paying down our public debt?
Radio Interview with Marco Navarro-Genie, President of AIMS (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
MEDIA RELEASE: Broten Report a great start; requires immediate action from government says AIMS and economist
Halifax – 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. According to Marco Navarro-Genie, AIMS president and CEO, AIMS took careful consideration [...]