13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017 is published in collaboration with the Demographia group in Illinois, USA and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg. Authors Wendell Cox and Hugh Pavletich explain that many "best city" surveys do not include housing affordability in their calculations. This oversight is particularly relevant to the middle class, for [...]
Radio: Three Tier Healthcare
We often hear warnings about two-tier healthcare, where the wealthy can access a private and separate health system. But even today's public healthcare does not deliver equal service to everyone. Administration by the provincial government alone produces unfair, three-tier healthcare. At the top, some people can access primary care around the clock. In the second tier, people can [...]
Marco Navarro-Génie on Supply Management
On Jan. 13, 2017, AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie joined Sheldon MacLeod on News 95.7 to discuss supply management in the Canadian dairy industry.
Radio: Change Liquor Laws
In October 2012, a New Brunswick man was arrested for returning from Quebec with cheaper beer. Why? Because monopolies such as the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation are protected by outdated laws that restrict importing alcohol from other provinces. Other liquor corporations in Canada do the same. Their control over distribution and sale of beer and wine reduces competition [...]
Spending rise, not austerity is Nova Scotia’s challenge
By PATRICK WEBBER (AIMS Research Associate) • Chronicle Herald, 04 January 2017 Austerity has become a popular buzzword over the last decade, gaining traction in the aftermath of the 2008 Great Recession and subsequent fiscal troubles in Europe. It has also found its way into Atlantic Canada’s public discourse. A plethora of local organizations, from student groups to unions to [...]
Radio: Prince Edward Island Teacher Hires
P.E.I. school enrollment is declining. Logically, fewer students should need fewer people to teach them. Instead, P.E.I.'s government has created new teaching positions. This decision will be expensive. The Province already spends 3,000 dollars more, per student, than it did ten years ago. With fewer students and more instructors, spending will increase. Hiring more teachers only makes sense [...]