AIMS' study The Size and Cost of Atlantic Canada's Public Sector was referenced in a CBC Newfoundland article by former Premier Brian Peckford on federal assistance for the province. "...our spending is out of control, with the largest public sector expenditures in Atlantic Canada" Read the article here Read the study
News outlet Huddle quoted AIMS Vice President Alex Whalen in an article discussing the release of our study Rethinking Student Job Subsidies: The Case For Regional Equity in the Canada Summer Jobs Program. Read the article here: https://huddle.today/economists-say-subsidy-for-student-jobs-shouldnt-vary-so-greatly-across-the-country/
AIMS' study Rethinking Student Job Subsidies: The Case For Regional Equity in the Canada Summer Jobs Program was quoted in an article from the Calgary Herald discussing federal grant money allocation. Read here: https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/study-argues-alberta-short-changed-by-canada-summer-jobs-funding-allocation
AIMS Vice President, Alex Whalen, expressed views on the Saint John road toll proposal in the Telegraph Journal. Read the article here: https://tj.news/greatersaintjohn/101024609
In an article by CBC PEI, AIMS VP Alex Whalen was quoted in regards to the Confederation Bridge's toll, saying any change in the contract with the company that operates the bridge would likely be costly for taxpayers and not a good idea from a public policy perspective. Read the article here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-eliminating-bridge-tolls-bad-public-policy-costly-for-taxpayers-1.5248794
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies was referenced in an article from the Vancouver Courier in regards to how "regulated prices in four Atlantic provinces have resulted in consumers in Atlantic Canada paying more for gasoline" based on the 2017 AIMS study What's Still Missing From Your Wallet? Read the article here Read the study [...]
AIMS' 2007 study Drug Re-importation in North America and Europe: An Overview by Brian Ferguson was referenced in an article by the Epoch Times discussing the reality of drug imports from Canada to the United States in the wake of their shortage. Read the article here Read the study here
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies’ paper An Untapped Potential for Educational Diversity was referenced in an article for the Epoch Times discussing the benefits other Canadian provinces could gain by adopting the Alberta model for charter schools. Read the article here. Read the study here.
AIMS Fellow Michael Zwaagstra discusses education fads and his recent book with the Danielle Smith Show: https://omny.fm/shows/danielle-smith/foolish-fads-infecting-public-education
Hear AIMS Fellow Michael Zwaagstra on the Danielle Smith show discussing his recent AIMS op-ed, Education schools should follow the evidence and drop the fads, on the shortcomings of education faculties Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/danielle-smith/education-faculties-fail-to-prepare-young-teachers