US farm subsidies have been a major bone of contention in previous rounds of trade talks. A move by the US to reduce subsidies could spur further reductions in trade barriers worldwide with positive implications for regions like Atlantica, which are well posed to handle increases in traffic.
A last ditch effort to successfully complete the Doha round of trade talks has serious implications for growth in world trade volumes. A solution could mean even greater flows of world trade with big opportunities for regions, like Atlantica, that are well positioned to aborb some of the increase in volumes.
Commodities are driving the economies of once poor Canadian provinces like Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley says this reallighnment of economies within Canada is going to exacerbate the growing labour shortage.
The best thing is for New Brunswick to move forward and let Nova Scotia and P.E.I. sit on their hands and whine about being special, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill told the Times & Transcript about the provinces' tax reform.
This story examines the shifting economic balance in Canada. A shift that AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley says will only be exacerbated by the pending labour shortage.
Cut income tax, increase consumption tax and lower corporate tax. That's part of the message delivered by AIMS to the New Brunswick Select Committee on Tax REview.
The reaction from the Mahone Bay area of Nova Scotia on release of AIMS' interim Municipal Report Card for Nova Scotia.
Property values are an archaic way to determine a tax bill, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill tells the Times & Transcript. He says municipal taxes should not be tied to the value of your home at all, but rather to the services you consume.
This editorial in the Cape Breton Post builds on an earlier opinion piece by AIMS senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe. The editorial says it is time to ask some tough questions, "Should we have centralized school boards at all, how should local school governance work, and what should be the role of the Department of Education?"
The twinning of remaining sections of the Trans-Canada Highway in Quebec is an important component in making Atlantica a success. With high fuel prices generating increasing interest in Long Combination Vehicles to improve efficiency, extra lanes are a must-have investment along an effective transportation corridor.