Mandatory Retirement: Why governments should quit banning it
The third in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series examines mandatory retirement.
Who’s in charge at public utility?
As controversy erupts in New Brunswick about the pay and bonuses for senior NB Power executives, AIMS executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill has one piece of advice; sell the crown corporation.
N.B. legislature committee calls for income tax cuts, hike in HST
An all-party committee of the New Brunswick legislature appears to have listened to AIMS. Its report on tax reform mirrors much of the material AIMS submitted to the committee earlier this year. AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley says there is stimulative value to cutting taxes particularly in a time of such economic uncertainty.
Should NB Power execs take pay cut?
AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains why the average New Brunswicker is upset with a salary increase to the head of the provincially owned power utility.
Killer of jobs, killer of wages:
Who really pays the cost of payroll taxes
Payroll Taxes: Killers of jobs, killers of wages
The second in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series shows how payroll taxes reduce wages and eliminate job opportunities.
Report: Rethink minimum wage
The first in the four part AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series gained attention across the country. This article is from the Chronicle-Herald in Nova Scotia.
The Beacon – 10 December 2008
Highlights includes taking a road less taxing, regulatory-free new media, and time to ditch gasoline price regulation.
Minimum Wages: Operating with a blunt instrument
The first in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series shows how the minimum wage keeps the working poor down and eliminates job opportunities.
Paying the price of minimum wages
How the minimum wage keeps the working poor down