The shipbuilding contract is being painted as a golden goose for Nova Scotia, but AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says that on its own, the shipbuilding contract won't mean any significant change in several parts of the province.
AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says people’s expectations for the shipbuilding contract are overblown. As soon as the announcement was made, those expecting to cash in on the fallout had already spent the actual profits many times over in their imagination.
AIMS Director of Research Don McIver writes about Canada's potential CETA with the EU. Canada will need to negotiate skillfully, but even the peripheral consequences of reaching an agreement may provide some valuable benefits to Canadians.
In this op-ed, AIMS Director of Research Don McIver discusses how the consequences of population aging are finally beginning to drive mainstream economic policy, and offers some solutions.
NB Finance Minister Blaine Higgs is ordering a review of public-sector pension plans in the province, pledging to address the volatility the plan has faced in previous years while also analyzing its fiscal sustainability going forward. AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says the public pension review is urgent for two reasons.
A university degree is still the best way to increase one's earnings over a lifetime, but new research suggests that one in five Canadian graduates end up on the lower end of the income scale. AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill stresses that one is solely focused on income, there are certain choices one should make.
A former New Brunswick cabinet minister says the departure of Mike Ferguson won't hurt the province's battle to wrestle down its huge deficit and debt. Several years ago, University of New Brunswick economics professor David Murrell analyzed the budgets of all 10 provinces for four consecutive years, in a project for AIMS. He noticed the quality of the accounting work in New Brunswick was the best of all the provinces, and he believes that strong financial reporting made New Brunswick more accountable.
Recent successes see local District Education Councils (DECs) having real impact on decision-making, but AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says DECs haven't yet lived up to their intent to move to a more localized decision-making model.
AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says the power rates freeze in New Brunswick is only putting off what the government will eventually need to finance upgrades and changes to the energy system.
Upon Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi's visit to Halifax, AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill explained Nenshi's efforts to lure Haligonians to Calgary as "competition at its best", but was vaguely offended, as so many Atlantic Canadians already leave Halifax to work out west.