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New Brunswick Can Help Students With Learning Disabilities, Says Report

A new report calls on New Brunswick to adapt a Nova Scotian program that helps students with learning disabilities or certain behavioural disorders attend school at designated private facilities. Paul Bennett, director of Schoolhouse Consulting, published a new study on Wednesday with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS). The study, "Extending the Education Lifeline: The benefits of adopting Nova Scotia's Tuition Support Program (TSP)," suggests New Brunswick should adapt this program, which helps families whose children attend specialized learning school when they can't be served at their local public school.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| May 26th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

Extending the Educational Lifeline

AIMS author Dr. Paul Bennett discusses adopting the Nova Scotia Tuition Support Program (TSP) throughout Atlantic Canada and provides a New Brunswick example of Riverbend Community School in Moncton. Bennett examines how the TSP has been implemented since 2004, and provides eight recommendations for Atlantic Canada.

By Paul Bennett| May 25th, 2015|Op-ed, Policy Papers|Comments Off

MEDIA RELEASE: Righting the Ship In Atlantic Canada: Students Urged To Share Ideas In Essay Competition

Halifax, NS – Undergraduate and graduate students across Canada who are 18 years of age or older are being encouraged to help “Right the ship” in Atlantic Canada by entering the AIMS/on/Campus essay competition. The AIMS/on/Campus essay competition is part of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) campus outreach program. AIMS is a distinctive [...]

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| May 14th, 2015|Media Releases|Comments Off

NDP Victory in Alberta Is not a Sign of an Orange Wave in the Next Federal Election

Radio Interview with Marco Navarro-Genie, President of AIMS (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies) suggests that the left turn of Albertans had already begun for some time.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| May 7th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

Helping Yourself By Helping Your Doctor

Every day, Canadian patients benefit from remarkable cures of diseases that were previously fatal. We expect a lot from health care, and so we should, because health care takes about half of all government program spending. Can patients influence care in ways that improve quality, without increasing costs? After all, patients are the people most affected by the results of care, and their participation is free of financial cost. The good news is that everyone is able to participate to improve their own care and help avoid health care mistakes without any additional cost to government. Patients may protect themselves from missed diagnoses by simply asking the doctor “have you considered all of the possible causes for my problem.”

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| May 4th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

NSGEU Holds Rally At Canso Causeway To Protest Budget Cuts

The flag waving and chants of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union protest were part of the latest fall out from the April 9 provincial budget. On Monday, students occupied Nova Scotia Finance Minister Diane Whalen’s constituency office to protest the removal, for one year, of the cap limiting increases universities can make to tuition. On Wednesday, film professionals and their supporters protested outside the legislature over cuts to a tax credit that sees the government refund between 50 and 65 per cent of wages paid in their industry “Bringing the province’s public sector to the Canadian average should be one of the important considerations among the several strategies the province of Nova Scotia could pursue to reduce spending,” said AIMS president Marco Navarro-Genie in a press release the day before Whalen’s April 9 budget that will eliminate 320 full time civil service positions.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| April 20th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

We’ve Gone Back to Throwing Money at Education

Feeding the education machine has a way of calming the waters. By investing $24.5 million more into the Nova Scotia school system, the Liberal government honoured its election commitment, placated the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union, and elicited barely a peep out of the core P-12 education interests. The stakes are high going into the upcoming round of Nova Scotia teacher salary negotiations. Based upon U.S. research findings, these eight key salary provisions add up to almost 20 per cent of all primary and secondary school spending. That’s about $200 million in Nova Scotia dollars. With that mu

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| April 17th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

MEDIA RELEASE: BUSINESS SUBSIDIES NEED CLOSER EXAMINATION

Halifax – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is calling for a market-based solution to a recent budgetary announcement to eliminate the Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit. AIMS believes the Nova Scotia government is correct in examining the Film Tax Credit as it relates to the film industry. In addition, AIMS’ President and CEO Marco Navarro-Genie argues that subsidies are not good enablers of thriving economies and are often exploited by out-of-province companies.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| April 17th, 2015|Media Releases|Comments Off

N.S. Film Industry Reps Taking ‘Clear Ask’ To Government Friday

Representatives of the Nova Scotia film industry are meeting again with Finance Minister Diana Whalen on Friday over changes to the province’s film tax credit, and they say they know what their goal is. Whalen has said she’s optimistic the two sides can find common ground after the provincial budget she delivered on April 9 announced drastic changes to how much support the film industry gets from the provincial government. The changes come into effect on July 1, and expenses that were once 100 per cent refundable will become 25 per cent refundable. The head of a Halifax-based think, however, believes the changes are necessary. “It seems almost surreal that in a place like Nova Scotia, one of the poorest provinces in the country, we are subsidizing the salaries of people in private enterprise to the tune of 65 per cent,” said Marco Navarro-Genie of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| April 17th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit Rally

People in the film and television industry are planning a rally outside the Nova Scotia legislature today to protest a tax credit cut. Organizers say they will be at province house for several hours to send a message to provincial politicians over the refundable credit. The change announced by the governing Liberals will see the credit cut to $6 million from $24 million in next year’s budget. Film producers would also have access to an additional $6 million established in a fund for the creative sector.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| April 16th, 2015|In the Media|Comments Off

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