CBC’s The 180: Charles Cirtwill on EI Changes
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill on EI changes on CBC's 180
Media Advisory: Property tax reform advocates embark on public speaking tour
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce will each present their case for reducing or eliminating property taxes and considering the introduction of a municipal income surtax.
We are the Maritimes: One province nearly 2 million strong
AIMS mentioned in the Chronicle Herald's 'Herald Magazine.'
Municipal tax dilemmas
Op-ed in the Cape Breton Post: How to reform a tax regime is a dog’s breakfast of facts, opinions and possible solutions. The Nova Scotia Chamber of Commerce has published a treatise on municipal tax reform that outlines the problem and proposes some solutions. And the chamber has agreement from the the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — think-tanks on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Maritime Morning: Municipal Campaign Spending Limits
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill on municipal campaign spending limits.
Time to re-think cumbersome taxation model
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill says that property taxes are inefficient, wasteful, have no connection to the services you’re seeing, no connection to your ability to pay and essentially are a drag on economic investment and business activity.
Editorial: Taking a long view
MP Scott Brison gave a speech to the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, calling for Maritimers to take a long view. He said that this region, with its debts expanding and fiscal capacity shrinking, could be courting insolvency within 10 years.
Income-based tax best model
Michael Bradfield, research associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Charles Cirtwill, president, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies; and Wayne Fiander, executive director, Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce respond to an editorial by Marilla Stephenson on the idea of municipal income tax.
The NDP Attack Ad
In this AIMS commentary, Bill Black looks at the NDP's attack of Quebec over electricity deals.
The Beacon- February 28
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