For a decade, AIMS has warned of a pending labour shortage in Atlantic Canada caused by a declining and ageing population. The latest Statistics Canada report supports the AIMS' research, and other institutes are following suit. In this news article, AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro explains what needs to be done.
A decade ago AIMS warned of pending problems caused by Atlantic Canada's ageing and declining population. Now the latest Statistic Canada report supports AIMS original research. The Halifax Chronicle-Herald turned to AIMS to review some of the public policy options for a populat turning grey.
In his regular fortnightly column, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill takes a look at shared responsibility. He suggests liberal democracies and liberal democratic public policy work only if there is shared responsibility – the state to provide what help it can, the citizens to use that help to help themselves.
Here in the East we continue to deal with low wages, less than ideal working conditions and pockets of unemployment in the midst of a booming economy. However, if one listens to the experts they will quickly learn that the labour shortage is already here, and it is bound to get worse.
This article in New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal mirrors research conducted by AIMS. The civil service in Atlantic Canada is too large. The Telegraph-Journal turned to AIMS for an explanation of the extra weight such a bloated bureaucracy places on our economy.
This columnist in The Guardian on PEI, directs Premier Ghiz to the AIMS website and an AIMS policy briefing with David MacKinnon on Equalization.
The Canadian Labour Congress is telling the provincial governments not to sign on to the TILMA, recently signed between BC and Alberta. AIMS points out such a suggestion is short-sighted and provinces are better off signing this interprovincial free trade deal early.
Atlantic Business magazine invited AIMS to comment on Atlantic innovation and how we compare in a global setting. In this op/ed which appeared in the July edition of the magazine, Acting President Charles Cirtwill suggests that the region is a bit averse to risk, which is a drawback.
Ian Munro, AIMS Director of Research, writes this OpEd for The Guardian that speaks to the government's 4.4 cent reduction in the provincial tax on gasoline. As he explains, the government should take the extra step and eliminate gas price regulation.
In his regular fortnightly column, Charles Cirtwill examines prescription drug policy in Canada's public health care system, and has a few suggestions.