AIMS Director of Research recommends eliminating MLA pensions
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies’ Director of Research, Don McIver, is recommending the elimination of MLA pensions or, at least, replacing them with fixed- contribution plans or an RRSP allowance.
MLA Platinum Pensions: Till the end of time?
In this op-ed, AIMS Director of Research Don McIver recommends the elimination of MLA pensions or replacing them with fixed-contribution plans or an RRSP allowance.
OF INTEREST: Goodbye forced funding of union advertising
In this commentary, Frontier Centre for Public Policy President Peter Holle makes the argument for eliminating provisions that allow unions to pay for political advertising campaigns from compulsory union dues.
Sticky Fingers
In this commentary, AIMS Director of Research Don McIver shows how shared cost programs and federal-provincial transfers serve to increase total government spending levels.
Chasing the Jobs
In his most recent addition to Chasing the Jobs, Bill Black examines a newly published analysis of restoring a Yarmouth-US ferry service.
After Hydro-Quebec, NB Power returns to its past
In this op-ed, AIMS contributor Gordon L. Weil explains how New Brunswick's provincial power policy is looking inward after Hydro-Quebec, abandoning a past emphasis on power exports and regional cooperation.
Spending on Public Health Programs
In this commentary, Livio Di Matteo discusses the implementation of public health programs across the country, assessing the regional impacts of these policies.
Get Understanding
In this commentary, AIMS Board Chair John Risley reflects on the importance of understanding among Canadians and political leaders of growth, particularly pertaining to industrial policy.
Get this right…please
In this commentary, AIMS Board Chair John Risley discusses the possible outcomes and consequences of the US government’s upcoming decision on the debt ceiling.
Simmer down on shipbuilding
AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill says people’s expectations for the shipbuilding contract are overblown. As soon as the announcement was made, those expecting to cash in on the fallout had already spent the actual profits many times over in their imagination.