By ED HOLLETT (Senior Fellow) The Telegram, 2 May 2017 The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2017-18 budget includes a $3-million funding cut for Memorial University. The university's Board of Regents could bring in more than enough money to offset the reduction by increasing tuition fees by a mere 10 percent. Unfortunately, Advanced Education Minister [...]
Newfoundland and Labrador faces a daunting financial situation. In the upcoming budget, there are three actions we suggest to course-correct. First: reduce spending. The government spends more, per person, than every province except Alberta. Over the next five to eight years, the budget gap could be reduced by moving to the national per-capita [...]
Un message en français suit. HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) released this morning a public policy study about low-income tuition subsidies. Post-Secondary Tuition and Low-Income Access discusses New Brunswick's Tuition Access Bursary (TAB) program, which covers college and university tuition for the children of families earning under $60,000 per year. [...]
By PATRICK WEBBER (Research Associate) Sheldon MacLeod Show, News 95.7 25 April 2017 Telegraph-Journal, 26 April 2017 Troy Media, 26 April 2017 CBC News New Brunswick, 27 April 2017 Last year, New Brunswick's government launched the Tuition Access Bursary (TAB), which provides funding for up to the full cost of tuition at public universities and community [...]
© UNB. Post-Secondary Tuition and Low-Income Access discusses New Brunswick's Tuition Access Bursary program, which covers college and university tuition for the children of families earning under $60,000 per year. Author Patrick Webber's paper reviews numerous studies, surveys and reports from domestic and international sources, which speak to the relationship of tuition levels and participation [...]
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (Senior Fellow) Globe and Mail, 24 April 2017 Times Colonist, 26 April 2017 Now that supply management is officially on Trump’s radar, dairy farmers are holding their collective breath. For years they have been defending our five-decade old regime stating it was the perfect system for Canadians. They are about to find [...]
By DAVID ZITNER (AIMS Senior Fellow) Modern health systems enable convenient health care by bringing medical skills and advice to patients. “Last year half of consultations offered by Kaiser Permanente, an American health care organization, were not face-to-face. Medical professionals communicated with patients by phone, e-mail or videoconference.” (Economist, April 8, 2017). The April 3, 2017 issue [...]
By JACKSON DOUGHART (Research Coordinator) Journal Pioneer, 21 April 2017 Many Atlantic Canadians subscribe to the "buy local" movement, which encourages consumers to purchase food that was grown near their own communities. Some people argue that being a "locavore" is necessary to sustain local economies. Others think it is a foolish marketing fad. Fortunately, the [...]