A New Golden Rule
Competition, cooperation and 'ccountability are the "three 'C's" of good local government.
Factoring Ourselves Out
Labour, capital and technology - all are in short supply in Atlantic Canada as a result of public policies better suited to the late 20th century and not the early 21st.
The Brick on the Scale
How Equalization weighs heavily on us all. Senate Standing Committee on National Finance turns to AIMS for insight and expertise.
The Stockholm Solution
You're stuck in traffic, trying to get home and you think - there has to be a better way. AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy says in fact there is.
Turning Shipwrights into Masons
There was a time when Canada was considered one of the greatest shipbuilding nations in the world. No more. Can it be revived and how can that be done?
Radical chic meets monopoly power
AIMS looks at the public sector trade union movement in Canada, and points out a change is going to have to come.
Creative Cities . . . the latest urban economic fad
AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy questions a recent study that claims creative cities encourage growth. He suggests instead tax cuts and education are a better option.
If many hands make light work, get ready for some very heavy lifting
AIMS provides insight to federal deputy ministers on Canada's pending labour shortage.
A Gateway is not a Region
A region does not a Gateway make. AIMS policy analyst Stephen Kymlicka examines the latest federal government buzz phrase 'the gateway strategy'.
Show me the money
Conference Board of Canada study another attempt to justify more tax dollars to big cities.