Profit is Not a Dirty Word
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Board Chair) Atlantic Business Magazine, 27 April 2018 When we elected our current federal government, we thought we had elected one that was slightly left of center. In practice we seem to have elected one that’s experimenting with moving even further to the left. The value of such as a shift is that if you can steal [...]
“Tackling high gas prices must be an election priority” AIMS Study cited in article by Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
In an article published by the Toronto Sun, AIMS 2017 study on gas regulation in Atlantic Canada What's Still Missing From Your Wallet by Marco Navarro-Génie was referenced by Christine Van Geyn (Ontario Director for the CTF). Read in full here
The economy is doing well, so why can’t Canadian grocers hike prices?
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) The Telegraph Journal, 16 May 2018 Retail food prices are not moving much these days. They are barely higher than last year, with a modest increase of 0.5 per cent. In fact, according to Statistics Canada, prices dropped over all by 0.7 per cent over the winter months. South of the border, U.S. grocers [...]
AIMS Study mentioned in the Telegraph Journal
On April 26th, 2018, the AIMS study High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada was mentioned in an article on New Brunswick published by the Telegraph Journal. https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/100581433/creeping-property-taxes-nb
Ed Hollett talks Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada on the Sheldon MacLeod Show
On April 25th, 2018, Senior Research Fellow Ed Hollett discussed the latest study from AIMS on property taxes in Atlantic Canada with Sheldon MacLeod on News 95.7.
High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada
High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada, the latest study from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, found that of the four Atlantic provinces, the rate increased significantly faster in New Brunswick when measured against increases in the Consumer Price Index. Residents of New Brunswick are also paying more of their household expenses for property tax than the Canadian [...]