Devil’s Advocate
By John Risley Atlantic Business Magazine, September 5 2017 The Trump administration is now some six months old and I could not be more disappointed in what it has accomplished—or rather, failed to accomplish. Encouraged by the choice of people like Mattis, Tillerson, Cohn, Mnuchin, Ross, DeVos and others, I was optimistic that real progress would be made on tax [...]
No doubt some bureaucrats are trying to bring Trump down. Why would that surprise you?
By PATRICK LUCIANI (AIMS Senior Fellow) Financial Post, 29 August 2017 There’s no doubt some public employees are trying to bring Trump down. But this shouldn’t surprise anyone. We live under the perception — or shall we say illusion — that civil servants are altruistic and loyally serve whichever party is in power, while actors in the private sector live [...]
Democratizing Organics
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Canadian Investor, 29 August 2017 Kitchener Post, 08 September 2017 Vancouver Sun, 12 September 2017 Amazon is not wasting time. Speed of execution is at the essence of Amazon’s model. As soon as U.S. regulators approved its acquisition of Whole Foods, it announced that it would aggressively reduce the price of several organic staples in all of the 431 Whole [...]
AIMS Study referenced in Editorial
An editorial published in the Tri-County Vanguard, The Guardian and The Compass mentioned AIMS' 2017 study on gasoline regulation, What's Still Missing From Your Wallet? by Marco Navarro-Génie. The article assesses the study while making mention of facts and figures from the paper, contending that the Atlantic provinces should review their current system of gasoline price regulation with all of this information [...]
VOCM Reports on AIMS Minimum Wage Study
NL news outlet VOCM published an article Thursday reporting on AIMS' recent policy paper Revisiting the Minimum Wage in Atlantic Canada, including comments from our own Ed Hollett. From the article: "AIMS’ Ed Hollett says in a research paper the group released last month, it was clear what the result would be here in Newfoundland and Labrador. He says you [...]
Is it time for Newfoundland and Labrador to stop regulating gas prices?
A CBC NL article reported on AIMS' 2017 study on gas price regulation, What's Still Missing From Your Wallet? The article mentions AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie's interview on the St. John's Morning Show, where he questioned the sacrifice made in affordability in favour of price stability, as a result of regulation.