Harry Kitchen is Professor of Economics at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Over the past 15 years, he has completed more than 75 articles, reports, studies, and books on a number of issues relating to local government expenditures, finance, and governance in Canada and abroad. In addition, he has served as a consultant or advisor [...]
Bruce Winchester is an associate at Praxicus Public Strategies, an Ottawa-based market research and public policy firm. He has commented on budgetary finances across the country, but in particular in Atlantic Canada and Ottawa. He also served as research director at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for six years, where he conducted in-depth research on budgeting, [...]
Laura Jones is the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s vice-president for British Columbia and the Yukon. Prior to joining the CFIB, she worked for the Fraser Institute as the director of environment and regulatory studies. Jones has authored or co-authored a number of public policy studies, including Canada’s Regulatory Burden; Searching for Solutions: Experiments in [...]
Donald R. Leal is senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman, Montana, where he conducts research in fisheries, water, and other environmental issues. A book he co-authored received the 1992 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award. He received his B.S. in mathematics and M.S. in Statistics from California State University at Hayward. Taking [...]
Stephen Kymlicka is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies with responsibilities for the Atlantica and Transportation portfolios. Prior to coming to AIMS, he ran an MIS and Management consulting firm in Regina for several years, growing the company to 27 employees. Over nearly 20 years, he has worked or consulted [...]
A Third Option for the Health Care Debate: Think community and courage
Ian Munro is an independent consultant based in Halifax. He has over fifteen years of experience in the communications sector, including lengthy stints with Industry Canada’s spectrum management program and with CRA International, an economics consulting firm. More recently, Ian spent two years as the Director of Research at AIMS. He holds a B.A. in [...]
The Way We'll Get By Maine's Unrealized Human Potential It's Complicated Nostalgia isn't a strategy My own private Egypt Celebrating something even greater than the Stanley Cup Maine's Gigantic Need for Big Business
Rodney Clifton has a B.Ed. and a M.Ed. from the University of Alberta, a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and a fil. dr. in Comparative Education from the University of Stockholm. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. Over the last 30 years he has [...]
Bobby O’Keefe was the Manager, Government Performance & Accountability at AIMS and project manager for AIMS’ Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. He was responsible for data collection and analysis for the Report Card as well as research assistance on other Education projects. Bobby is also project manager for AIMS’ Municipal Report Card, [...]