Atlantic Canada should not be stripped of Supreme Court seat
AIMS Operations Manager Alex Whalen, a graduate of the Dalhousie law school, discusses changes to the Supreme Court appointment process. He bemoans that Atlantic Canada is losing its convention of one guaranteed seat on the top bench, in favour of other diversity concerns, such as bilingualism, for the federal government. Read this article in the National Post. The federal government [...]
Trump’s business experience actually makes him really dangerous to the economy
In his Financial Post column, AIMS Research Fellow Patrick Luciani debunks the notion that experience in business portends well for executive political power. For instance, Donald Trump's business success in gambling and real estate industries came at the "fringes" of free markets, giving him a skewed understanding of economic policy. Read this article on the Financial Post website. Voters often [...]
Radio: CPP Reform Effect on Workers
Annual benefits from the Canada Pension Plan will rise by as much as $4,500. To finance this expansion, Ottawa and provincial governments have decided to increase payroll taxes. Workers and employers already pay up to $5,088 in CPP taxes each year. Rates will begin to gradually increase in 2019. By 2023, workers will fork out an extra $408 [...]
HST increase outweighs spending cuts 5 to 1
AIMS Vice President of Research John Williamson responds to New Brunswick's Treasury Board Minister Roger Melanson about spending and deficits: "So long as New Brunswick continues to tax and spend the government will not balance its budget," he writes. "That is not partisanship or dogma – it’s a simple calculation." Read this article on the Telegraph-Journal website. Treasury Board Minister [...]
Samuel Cunard Prize awarded to John Risley
Cunard, along with the Canadian Maritime Heritage Foundation and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, will award the second annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity to John Risley, President of Clearwater Fine Foods Incorporated. The Nova Scotian resident will be given the award at a luncheon on September 10, 2016, on board flagship ocean liner Queen Mary [...]
Bus Rapid Transit is key to Halifax’s infrastructure reform
In The Coast, AIMS's Mannkal Intern Ryan Scarth discusses transit reform in Halifax, proposing that the city implement a Bus Rapid Transit system in lieu of a commuter rail line from Beaverbank to Downtown. This option, he argues, would be more practical and affordable for a city of Halifax's size. Read this article on The Coast website. Halifax’s bus network [...]