In this article from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, William Forrestall says school choice is a human right that is being denied in Atlantic Canada. A member of an NB school board, he says "Atlantic Canada’s education bureaucrats’ mastery is not successful student outcomes, but protecting their monopoly funded fiefdoms from the competitive checks and balances that define education in normal democratic societies."
New Brunswick is working on a plan to boost its population, but AIMS points out the plan should also also look at demogrpahics.
When Melford International Terminals announced plans to begin construction this summer of a new container port in Guysborough County, CBC Radio turned to AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill for comment. He explained there is room for a second container terminal, as long as it is 100% privately funded.
The lengthy strike at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick could have an effect around the region.
The Port of Halifax appoints a commercial director to work on its behalf in the key American markets of Chicago, Buffalo, New York and New England.
New Brunswick's forest industry is having troubles. Soft markets, the high dollar and rising energy prices are hurting the sector across the country. NB industry executives want help from the government, but when asked by the news media, AIMS explained such government hand outs are not a help.
This CP story picked up from the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal explains that governments need to spend money on research to understand the health care system, before it can save money on fixing it.
In this follow up story to a series on public health care funding, reporter David Shipley asks AIMS how the government can save money in health care. Acting president Charles Cirtwill explains that government needs to spend money on research into what's happening inside the system, before it can fix the problems with the public health care system.
In this front page story in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, reporter David Shipley examines patient-focused funding for public health care. He turned to AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Brian Ferguson for expert analysis.
Keeping track of their graduates is paying off for community colleges in New Brunswick. AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill explains that high employment rates among graduates shows that the colleges are meeting the needs of the market.