Good governance first step toward curing system ills
AIMS Board Member George Cooper explains that no progress can be made in our health care system until we fix its governance.
Young Love
In this paper, AIMS Research Intern John Kennedy argues that attracting and retaining Gen Y may be the key to economic growth in Atlantic Canada – and offers some insight as to how to get them here (to stay).
Medicare malaise: a remedy
Tommy Douglas dreamed of a world where rich and poor alike had access to worthwhile and high-quality care. AIMS Health Policy Fellow David Zitner writes that instead, Canadian rich and poor pay the same amount for care — nothing — but the care they receive is different.
Health plan slammed
As NS Premier Dexter opposes the federal plan to pay health transfers to the provinces on a per capita basis, AIMS points out there is already unequal health care, but this plan will create more divergence.
Universities should cut at administrative level, think-tank urges
Nova Scotia universities should make cuts at the administrative level to deal with reduced government funding, says AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill.
Alward Conservatives to look at gas regulation
Gas regulation in New Brunswick will be reviewed in 2012. A study by AIMS says that gas price regulation has cost New Brunswick drivers over nine million dollars.
Some schools in Chignecto-Central get a very low ranking
Audio: The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies' Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools is discussed. CBC interviews a local superintendent and a concerned parent with accountability concerns.
Gas regulation scheme faces 2012 review
The NB government will review the gas regulation system in 2012 as retailers complain weekly price settings cost them while consumers enjoyed 5 years of prices below the Canadian average. A 2009 AIMS report saying the regulation of gasoline prices has cost NB drivers about $9.4 million is referenced.
April in Review
AIMS' Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools is featured in the 2011 Review.
Maine’s Unrealized Human Potential
Perry Newman tells the story of a Jewish immigrant who escaped the Holocaust and found success in the US, to highlight the importance of welcoming new immigrants into our communities.