Follow or Get Out of the Way: Why the public sector can not and should not lead the charge for the Atlantic Gateway
This Commentary explores the Atlantic Gateway and the Gateway Fund and explains who should lead each initiative.
Times they are a changin’ . . How demographic reality is reshaping education
Our population is getting older. This Commentary, based on a talk to the Canadian Education Association, examines how that fact will impact education policy.
Who’s Irrationally Exuberant Now: Debt-shy consumers or pump-priming politicians?
From the books of the banks to the backs of the taxpayers; this Commentary reflects on why you shouldn't pick up the tab for the current economic crisis.
Building a National Health System: Learning from other countries’ mistakes
Based on the Annual Economic Lecture of the Cyprus Economic Society and the Bank of Cyprus, presented by AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Brian Ferguson.
Bans on Strike Replacement Workers: Pouring oil on the fire
The fourth in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series examines the bans on strike replacement workers.
Mandatory Retirement: Why governments should quit banning it
The third in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series examines mandatory retirement.
Payroll Taxes: Killers of jobs, killers of wages
The second in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series shows how payroll taxes reduce wages and eliminate job opportunities.
Minimum Wages: Operating with a blunt instrument
The first in the AIMS Labour Market Commentary Series shows how the minimum wage keeps the working poor down and eliminates job opportunities.
Hands Off!
From iPhones to WiFi, the CRTC is looking to hold your hand along the new media cyber-road. This Commentary explains why the Commission needs to let go.
Back to Work: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Traditional Values in the Face of Demographic Change
AIMS President Brian lee Crowley takes a look at the changing demographic and what it will mean to our society.