Economic development: Too many tentacles?
As Ottawa plans to pull funding from 50-odd regional development organizations, an AIMS report questions if they are necessary, or if there is a better way to provide localized investment advice.
Mayor OK with giving people equalization payments
AIMS' idea of giving federal equalization payments directly to individuals, instead of provincial or municipal governments, has some merit, according to CBRM Mayor John Morgan.
[AUDIO] Assessing the EI changes
AIMS President Charles Cirtwill and others offer insight as to how new Conservative EI policy will affect Atlantic Canadians, on CBC Information Morning.
Think-tank: Transfers should go to citizens, not provinces
AIMS suggests local governments advocate for federal cash transfer payments to be made to individual citizens, not provinces.
Tories set to reveal new EI rules
As the Conservative government plans to introduce more stringent rules as to what kind of jobs EI recipients should be prepared to accept, AIMS President Charles Cirtwill is concerned the measures will be aimed at punishing employees, not employers.
To Be or Not To Be: Advancing Employee Rights
AIMS and Labour Watch host Swedish Human Rights Lawyer Jan Södergren, entitled It's a Human Right: No forced union membership or dues for politics.
The Future is Now
A talk by AIMS Senior Fellow Brian Lee Crowley to the Ottawa Economics Association on the transformation occurring within Canada and its impacts for the size and nature of government.
For Immediate Release: Give Federal Transfers to People, not Provinces
AIMS latest paper proposes a new model of equalization that involves giving federal transfers directly to individuals, not provinces.
Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are
In Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are, AIMS Author Juanita Spencer considers a model of equalization that would strengthen municipalities and make people, not provinces, the recipients.
Report proposes alternative funding model for NS universities
A new report from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies observes that now is the ideal time to test an alternative funding model for Nova Scotia universities going forward.