John Williamson on NB spending
AIMS Vice President of Research John Williamson appeared on CBC Radio to discuss government spending in New Brunswick. He argued that the recent HST increase is supporting spending, not deficit control.
Radio: Democratic Reform
New Brunswick and P.E.I. are proposing changes to how we vote. Both provincial governments have discussed changing the current, first-past-the-post electoral system to an alternative means of electing our representatives. Another consideration is e-voting, which would allow residents to vote through an online portal. And both provinces may lower the minimum voting age from 18 to 16. Revising [...]
Atlantic immigration plan must meet policy reform
AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie discusses the recently-announced immigration pilot project. "More immigration to the region is good," he writes. "But its success is tethered to retaining workers. We need to straighten out the policies that foster undisciplined spending, push taxation and the cost of living upward, and harmfully reduce competition". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_9ZGmDNs0 The continued success of a community depends on [...]
Ending ‘Come from Away’ starts with the economy
In the National Post, AIMS policy analyst Jackson Doughart argues that the Maritime custom of saying that foreign-born people "come from away" is a product of the provinces' poor economies and mistrust of Upper Canada. To soften the region's "parochial edge," governments must adopt pro-growth policies to counter worrying demography. Read the piece on the National Post website. This article [...]
Great Britain, still great economic policies
AIMS Vice President of Research John Williamson writes that, since 2010, Great Britain has created more jobs than the rest of the European Union combined. Part of its success has been a willingness to quickly adjust tax policy to poor conditions - a willingness that should be emulated in New Brunswick. Read this article on the Telegraph-Journal website. During the [...]
Words do not beget attitudes; economic context does
In the immigrant news outlet New Canadian Media, AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie discusses the Maritime habit of referring to outsiders as people who "come from away." He relays his own story of immigration to Canada as a refugee, and argues that the country and the region are welcoming places indeed. Read this piece on the New Canadian Media website. When [...]