Marco Navarro-Génie Mentioned in Report on Conference
AIMS' President and CEO was mentioned for his appearance on the Atlantic Cannabis Forum's economic impact panel. The conference, hosted in Sydney, is "intended to appeal to businesses, legislators, regulators, public health and safety authorities and services."
Proposed New Brunswick Model Risks Benefits of Cannabis Legalization
By PATRICK WEBBER (AIMS Research Associate) New Brunswick’s government recently announced that NB Liquor will oversee the sale of recreational marijuana in the province when legalization comes into effect next year. At the press conference where this announcement was made, NB Liquor CEO Brian Harriman said that the Crown Corporation’s goals were break even profit-wise while keeping marijuana out of [...]
The Pursuit of Convenience
>The Record, 31 October 2017 by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Food inflation continues to be an illusion in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, food prices have dropped once again over the last month, by almost 1%. Food prices are below the general inflation rate, just as they have been for most of the year to date. The food distribution [...]
Canada needs a frank discussion about resources
by KEN HUGHES The Globe and Mail, 6 October 2017 As Canadians, let's be honest with each other. After TransCanada announced Thursday that the Energy East Pipeline is dead, we need – now more than ever – to honestly address this fundamental question: How does Canada work? We can't build a country without building something. We will not maintain our [...]
NAFTA’s potential end is Canada’s greatly needed wake-up call
by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Despite Canada’s optimism, NAFTA talks seem to be heading nowhere. Wanting to push back on Mexico’s influence over the American economy, Washington now is indicating that the bilateral option with Canada is more appealing. In Trump’s playbook, multilateral deals are highly complex and can only benefit smaller markets to a greater degree. Bilateral deals [...]
Province’s financial house is still in disarray
The Telegram, 17 October 2017 By Ed Hollett (AIMS Senior Research Fellow) Reports by the province’s Auditor General and the federal Parliamentary Budget Officer are reminders that the provincial government continues to face a serious financial problem. If current trends continue, the cash deficit this year will be almost $2.0 billion. Muskrat Falls costs may be under control, but even [...]