News stories were circulating on the web within minutes of Maclean's publication of its Best (and Worst) Managed Cities edition based on AIMS' National Municipal Performance Report. This story appeared in the online edition of the London Free Press.
Not surprising the publication of AIMS' National Municipal Performance Report in Maclean's magazine prompted instant reaction in the top city, Burnaby, BC.
New Brunswick cabinet minister Victor Boudreau uses AIMS research and quotes AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill as he explains his government's policy on population growth.
New Brunswick's move to tax reform has prompted action from across the border. This op/ed by AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill published in The Globe and Mail explains why other jurisdictions need to follow suit.
With the New Brunswick government talking about the possible privatization of NB Power, reporters turned to AIMS executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill for expert comment. Cirtwill says sell the utility. "The challenge you have is government trying to run a business, but you don't have anyone in government with the credentials. They don't have experience operating private sector companies."
National Post writer Barbara Kay dedicates her column to Brian Lee Crowley's soon to be released book, "Fearless Symmetry".
AIMS Executive Vice President examines some of the more lucrative perks in some union contracts in this article in The National Post.
The National Post called on AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill to provide insight of some union benefits that may need rethinking in today's economic environment.
In this story, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill describes a loan guarantee to a troubled New Brunswick company as the lesser of two evils.
When the NB government provided a loan guarantee to a Miramichi business, people started asking whether it was such a good idea. Reporters turned to AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill for comment. He explained that a loan guarantee is better than a loan or an outright grant.