Think-tank calls for referendum on HST hike in New Brunswick
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill believes now is the time for the NB Alward government to hold a referendum on raising the HST, if its’ planning to raise the tax.
Province urged to move on HST
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill says that New Brunswick does not have the luxury of waiting until the next election to determine whether it should implement new revenues measures – including a hike in the HST.
P.E.I. needs to make a better impression
In this op-ed, David MacKinnon says that P.E.I needs a fundamental change. By almost any financial and economic standard, P.E.I. is failing. He suggests ways in which P.E.I can change for the better.
Imbalance of power
A recent study prepared by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies concludes that hydro power from Labrador’s Muskrat Falls will also eventually add to Nova Scotians’ power bills.
Impact of Maritime Link on rates comes Friday
Nova Scotians will find out Friday how much the Maritime Link will cost them. Gordon Weil, who wrote a report on Muskrat Falls last year for the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, concluded the megaproject could benefit the Atlantic region but also carries risks.
Progressive ideology a failure
Teachers need to do far more than act as mere guides on the side, writes Michael Zwaagstra, our AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education.
LEGER: Raising alarms on equalization, fairness and dependence
The current equalization formula expires next year. Think-tanks like the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies are churning out equalization alarms.
Economy, transit key areas of focus for Savage
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage mentions the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies's research on income-based property tax.
Observers Endorse Economic Union
Charles Cirtwill, president and CEO of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies in Halifax, believes levels of economic cooperation between the Maritime provinces are increasing but there is lots of room for improvement.
Let’s co-operate to be competitive
In this op-ed AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill responds to the recent proposal for a Maritime Union. Cirtwill says that the evidence gives little hope that a political union would deliver any of the savings and efficiencies promised. He suggests we find the areas where we can, cooperatively, enhance competition inside the region, or collectively, improve our competitive position outside it.