Marco Navarro-Génie: what does the Trans Mountain Purchase mean?
On Wednesday May 30th, 2018, AIMS President and CEO Marco Navarro-Génie joined the Sheldon MacLeod Show to express his reaction to the Trudeau government purchasing the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan.
Shrinkflation is a thing
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Most consumers are always concerned about the cost of food. We constantly look for bargains and the food industry knows it. According to a recent survey (by Dalhousie University), [...]
AIMS Op-Ed Mention in Windsor Square
An opinion piece by Ontario Director of the CTF, Christine Van Geyn, discussing gas price reduction in the upcoming Ontario provincial election mentioned the findings of AIMS study What's Still Missing from Your Wallet? as a [...]
High Crude Prices are a Double-Edged Sword: with Ed Hollett
On May 18th, 2018, AIMS Senior Research Fellow Ed Hollett was quoted in an article published by the CBC discussing the impact of the recent Husky Energy discovery. Read the full article here
Profit is Not a Dirty Word
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Board Chair) Atlantic Business Magazine, 27 April 2018 When we elected our current federal government, we thought we had elected one that was slightly left of center. In practice we seem to [...]
“Tackling high gas prices must be an election priority” AIMS Study cited in article by Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
In an article published by the Toronto Sun, AIMS 2017 study on gas regulation in Atlantic Canada What's Still Missing From Your Wallet by Marco Navarro-Génie was referenced by Christine Van Geyn (Ontario Director for the [...]
The economy is doing well, so why can’t Canadian grocers hike prices?
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) The Telegraph Journal, 16 May 2018 Retail food prices are not moving much these days. They are barely higher than last year, with a modest increase of 0.5 per [...]
AIMS Study mentioned in the Telegraph Journal
On April 26th, 2018, the AIMS study High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada was mentioned in an article on New Brunswick published by the Telegraph Journal. https://www.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/story/100581433/creeping-property-taxes-nb
Ed Hollett talks Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada on the Sheldon MacLeod Show
On April 25th, 2018, Senior Research Fellow Ed Hollett discussed the latest study from AIMS on property taxes in Atlantic Canada with Sheldon MacLeod on News 95.7.
High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada
High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada, the latest study from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, found that of the four Atlantic provinces, the rate increased significantly faster in New Brunswick when measured [...]