AIMS Senior Policy Analyst Bobby O’Keefe is featured in this National Post article that covers the Commentary: The Numbers Don’t Add Up. O’Keefe points out that the province would better serve students if it marked provincial math exams centrally and reported the data at the school level.
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill was called on to explain how New Brunswick could best reform its tax policy. In this article from the Telegraph Journal, Cirtwill explains that the province could eliminate corporate taxes as a means to encourage business growth and expansion.
CHCCG signatory Claude Castonguay has been named head of a Quebec task force with the mandate to define the role of the private sector to help reduce wait times and study potential changes required to the Canada Health Act.
CHCCG signatory Claude Castonguay is featured in this Canadian Press article. Mr. Castonguay was named as head of a Quebec task force with a mandate to "define the role the private sector can play to improve access and reduce wait times," and "study changes that might have to be made to the Canada Health Act."
AIMS Senior Policy Analyst Bobby O`Keefe speaks out on Nova Scotia provincial math exam results in this article from the Halifax Daily News. O`Keefe is the author of a Commentary, The Numbers Don`t Add Up, that examines the provincial reporting of the results and measures for improving.
Consensus group signatory Claude Castonguay handed opportunity to once again redefine Quebec's health care system.
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains that comparing the value of jobs is complex and could cost the New Brunswick government. He also notes that it is possible that the government could end-up short changing highly-skilled employees in the process.
This article discusses the potential for US areas of Atlantica to develop enhanced rail structures. It contends that improved connections would benefit economic development in the region and that current infrastructures are approaching saturation.
Abdel Tawab Haggag of the Suez Canal Authority describes the economic potential for Atlantica ports to benefit from increased shipping traffic, proximity to markets and congested west coast ports. He also points out that the time to act is now as traffic will increase dramatically from Asian ports to North America by 2010.
Attracting increased container traffic from ports in Asia requires facilities in Nova Scotia to overcome significant challenges and compete on a global scale. This article in the Chronicle Herald points to the opportunities for Atlantica ports.