Time for a Reality Check:
In this Guest Commentary, Don Mills takes a look at what needs to be done to help Nova Scotia help itself.
On energy, capitalize on geography, says official
AIMS' Commentary on the need to reform regulations covering the interprovincial and international transmission of electricity made the front page of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal.
Freeing the Flow:
Halifax – It’s time for Canada to reform the regulation of its electric industry. In a Commentary, released today by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (www.AIMS.ca), author Gordon Weil reviews the options to improve regulations governing Canada’s electrical industry. He says while it is not necessary to go as far as a single national [...]
Freeing the Flow:
This Commentary reviews the options for improving electric industry regulation in Canada.
Do small businesses have a fighting chance against today’s challenges?
In this cover sotry in the Nova Scotia Business Journal, AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill explains Nova Scotia has to do more to make life easier for small business. He points out taxes are too high in the province and the red tape too thick.
‘The numbers are pretty bad’
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill suggests one way that New Brunswick can boost its employment figures is to make the province attractive for business. He says government can't spend its way to prosperity.
Message to Tories: Do not abandon plan
Tax incentives are a better way to stimulate the economy than handing out money. In this artcile, AIMS' Charles Cirtwill suggests if the new Tory government in New Brunswick is going to adopt any of the plans of the former Liberal government it should stick with tax reform. l
Experts predict Tories will raise taxes
As New Brunswick prepares to swear in a new provincial government, AIMS Preisdent Charles Cirtwill looks to the past to suggest what may happen. He says it is unlikely the Tories will keep their promise not to increase taxes.
Gas gridlock traps N.B. users
A dispute brewing over natual gas distribution and costs in New Brunswick is an example of what happens when government interfers. In this article, AIMS President & CEO explains what went wrong.
Mr. Alward, cut Nova Scotia a break
In this tongue in cheek op-ed, AIMS President & CEO explains why the Tory win in New Brunswick should be good newes for the NDP government in Nova Scotia.