Radio: Looser Employment Insurance
Some changes that Ottawa has made to the employment insurance program are perfectly sensible, such as extending benefits to those living in provinces experiencing the energy sector downturn. But making it easier for young workers in Atlantic Canada to qualify for EI is a bad idea. By dramatically lowering the work requirement from 24 weeks to as few [...]
The patient’s wager
In the Chronicle Herald, AIMS Senior Fellow for Healthcare David Zitner explains how patients are often stymied from adequately participating in their own healthcare. Many people are medically illiterate; others cannot navigate between informed medical opinion and amateur advice available online. His article promotes the upcoming AIMS Health Literacy Forum. Medical treatments are usually helpful. Sometimes they are harmful or [...]
Teacher misconduct finds disciplinary action often kept hidden
AIMS education analyst Paul Bennett is featured in this story from CBC News: The National. Please click here to see the video.
NSGEU delaying civil service contract vote, again
AIMS Development Director Michael Kydd appears on Global News, discussing negotiations between the Nova Scotia Government and its General Employees Union. See the full story here.
Special Bulletin: Budget 2016
The Beacon - Special Budget 2016 Bulletin | Volume XXII, No. 6 Employment Insurance in the crosshairs: What Atlantic Canada needs to know Having spent the week analyzing Budget 2016 and its overall impact on Atlantic Canada, AIMS' senior executives, Marco Navarro-Genie and John Williamson, provide an analysis on what you need to know about subsidies and Employment Insurance. Navarro-Genie takes aim at [...]
Why does New England, the land of Bernie Sanders, live with lower taxes than Atlantic Canada?
In the Financial Post, AIMS author Mark Milke points out that the New England states, home of socialist politician Bernie Sanders, have more competitive tax rates than Atlantic Canadian provinces. Read in the Financial Post. In a world where even Alberta tax levels can no longer keep billionaires from leaving — with oil magnate Murray Edwards decamping to the U.K. [...]