CBC NB published an article Saturday on AIMS' new gas regulation study, quoting AIMS president Marco Navarro-Genie. From the article: "The institute found that Atlantic Canadians are paying more at the pumps than other Canadians. In New Brunswick, the Energy and Utilities Board sets a maximum price every Wednesday night. Marco Navarro-Génie, CEO of AIMS, said government has more pressing [...]
AIMS' 2017 gas regulation study and President Marco Navarro-Genie were mentioned in an article by Moncton's 919 The Bend on Friday.
In a report by Global News on Thursday, AIMS' recent study on gas price regulation was featured, with a quote from Marco Navarro-Genie. The report also mentions the 2015 Nova Scotia gas shortage as a consequence of price ceilings.
The St. John's Telegram reported Thursday on AIMS' recent paper, What's Still Missing from Your Wallet? Quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie, the article also restated the amounts by which consumers have overpaid for gasoline in each Atlantic province.
AIMS Operations Manager Alex Whalen was mentioned in an article on the softwood lumber trade in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal Wednesday. From the article: 'Alex Whalen with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies said in an interview that with NAFTA talks beginning, softwood lumber remains New Brunswick's “central worry."'
An article in The Globe and Mail references AIMS's paper “Revisiting the Minimum Wage in Atlantic Canada.” Co-authors Marco Navarro-Génie and Matthew Lau discuss the issues surrounding the " loss of training opportunities caused by minimum-wage legislation." Read the full article here. Read the AIMS study here.
An article in the Acadie-Nouvelle in New Brunswick discusses AIMS's paper, "Revisiting the Minimum Wage in Atlantic Canada." Co-Author Marco Navarro-Génie says that higher minimum wages "won't reduce poverty. It will result in fewer hours worked and a reduction in the number of employees." Read the full article here. Read the AIMS study here.
CBC News quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie By CBC News • CBC.ca, 07 March 2017 A Winnipeg-based think-tank recommends shrinking Manitoba's civil service workforce by about 36,000 jobs because it says the sector is too big for the province's population. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies released a report this week [...]
• The Telegram, 27 February 2017 The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is appointing Ed Hollett as a senior research fellow. The appointment will be officially announced Tuesday. Hollett will focus on policy research for Newfoundland and Labrador, AIMS announced in a news release. This announcement will mark the beginning of the first full-time [...]
News article mentioning AIMS study Seven Habits of Highly Effective First Nations • Chronicle Herald, 07 February 2017 The dramatic, doomsday headlines stick out in a reader’s memory and too often those stories of economic success, collaboration and courage are forgotten the day after they make the news cycle. Being Nova Scotian has come to [...]