This paper, Crisis? What Crisis?, written by Ian Munro, examines the widely held view that there is a shortage of child care spaces in Nova Scotia. Munro provides a basic analysis of the supply-demand balance for child care spaces in Nova Scotia.
In this paper, AIMS Author Juanita Spencer explains how property taxes are just a badly designed income tax. Spencer considers the proposition of a municipal income tax in light of national and international experiences and by applying Adam Smith’s four maxims on taxation: Equity, Certainty, Convenience and Efficiency.
AIMS and FCPP have released the second annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools (Manitoba and Saskatchewan edition), which ranks high schools from Manitoba and Saskatchewan based on the AIMS model.
In this paper, AIMS Author Dr. Paul W. Bennett calls for a review of New Brunswick’s public education system, with the goal of creating a truly inclusive environment for all learning disabled students.
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies is pleased to present its Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools.
In Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are, AIMS Author Juanita Spencer considers a model of equalization that would strengthen municipalities and make people, not provinces, the recipients.
In the face of the demographic shift, universities in Nova Scotia will deal with increased demand at a time of reduced government capacity. Juanita Spencer proposes a new funding model that will allow post-secondary institutions to be more sustainable and independent.
This paper, originally published in GenEditorial (2011) 9:1 GenEdit 1, explores the balancing of competing priorities - personal health and personal liberty - a necessity if we are to realize on the promise that genome mapping offers.
AIMS Senior Fellow Don McIver describes the distortions of Canada’s equalization program, highlighting that low-income federal taxpayers in “have” provinces indirectly contribute revenues that benefit high income earners in recipient provinces.
AIMS Director of Research Don McIver calls for all levels of government to cut spending and get their expenditure in order, then pursue tax reform.