A new idea from AIMS would create a modern employment insurance system that meets the needs of workers and employers. Here’s how the new system would work: Payroll deductions would go into an individual Personal Security Account for each worker. Individuals who lose work could draw benefits under a single national [...]
A commentary posted by the American Institute for Economic Research dedicated its article to the latest study by AIMS on gas prices in Atlantic Canada, mentioning both AIMS and author/President Marco Navarro-Génie. Read here
by PATRICK WEBBER (AIMS Research Associate) A recent article in The Telegraph-Journal reported that since April 2015 the New Brunswick government has provided $21 million to nine different call centres, in the form of loans, forgivable loans, and payroll rebates. These funds resulted in the creation of 2,100 jobs, or about $10,000 per job. Cheryl [...]
by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 20 September 2017 The Chronicle Herald, 19 September 2017 The Business Examiner, 22 September 2017 Exchange Magazine, 21 September 2017 Two things have always been certain: death and taxes. We can now add a third: botching the promotion of a tax reform for political gains. Federal Finance [...]
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Guelph Mercury Tribune, 27 September 2017 The Record, 27 September 2017 The Hamilton Spectator, 27 September 2017 The Windsor Star, 21 September 2017 Business Vancouver, 6 October 2017 People in Ann Arbor, Michigan are about to experience home food delivery without a driver. Domino’s Pizza and Ford have paired [...]
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 13 September 2017 Ontario has become the first province to define how it intends to sell non-medicinal marijuana to the public. Around 150 stores across the province will open and will be operated by a division of the province’s liquor board, the LCBO. Marijuana won’t be sold [...]
On September 12th, 2017 AIMS President and CEO Marco Navarro-Génie was quoted in a segment by CTV News Atlantic. Navarro-Génie expressed his belief that government funding should not be involved in any film's production. Watch it here
On Monday, September 11th, 2017 Marco Navarro-Génie (AIMS President and CEO) appeared on the Sheldon McLeod show at 12:30 PM. Navarro-Génie discussed our latest study on Employment Insurance and how the current system doesn't meet the needs of Canadians. Listen here
By PATRICK LUCIANI (AIMS Senior Fellow) Financial Post, 12 September 2017 McMaster University’s Population Health Research Institute just released a major study comparing the benefits of various diets around the world. After surveying 135,000 people over seven years in 18 countries, the study concluded that we should be eating more fats, more fruits and vegetables [...]
By JUSTIN HATHERLY (AIMS Author) While Canadians are justifiably proud of the social programs their country offers, there are programs that are poorly designed, riddled with perverse incentives that exacerbate the problem they intend to correct. Employment Insurance (EI) is one such problem. EI does provide transient income supporter to workers who have lost their [...]