TPP II: Hedging against NAFTA, and America
BY Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 23 March 2018 Even as the North American free-trade agreement talks continue, we've learned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not dead after all. In fact, the trade [...]
Atlantic Canadian Liquor Monopolies
By Alex Whalen (AIMS Operations Manager) and Ian Madsen (AIMS Author) The Telegram, 30 January 2018 Troy Media, 25 January 2018 In October 2012, Gerard Comeau left his home in Tracadie, New Brunswick, and drove [...]
The Life Sciences Industry of Tomorrow: Healthy Canadians, Healthy Future
The Life Sciences Industry of Tomorrow: Healthy Canadians, Healthy Future Pamela C. Fralick President, Innovative Medicines Canada The life sciences are innovating at an unprecedented pace, is government policy keeping up or holding us back? The Atlantic Institute [...]
Alex Whalen on CTV Atlantic
On January 17th, 2018, Operations Manager Alex Whalen appeared on CTV Atlantic for an interview discussing the release of a study he co-authored on liquor monopolies. Watch the full interview here: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1306024
Alex Whalen on Sheldon MacLeod Show
On January 18th, 2018 at 1:00 PM Operations Manager Alex Whalen was featured on News 95.7 discussing liquor monopolies in Atlantic Canada and the latest study from AIMS.
Killing a Canadian Icon
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 23 January 2018 Destroying Canadian icons seems to be a trend these days. In 2017, it was Sears. While employees were losing their pensions because of poor [...]
AIMS Featured on VOCM discussing Liquor Distribution
January 22nd, 2018: Listen to the full segment here
Liquor Stores
Alberta turned its liquor stores over to private retailers 25 years ago Today, there are more workers in more stores selling more products to Albertans at prices that are generally lower than they [...]
Minimum Wage
The New Year brought a dramatic hike in Ontario’s minimum wage. The fight for fifteen is a job-killing fad and it’s not likely going to reduce poverty. The the Bank of Canada has [...]
A Valuation and Analysis of Atlantic Canadian Liquor Monopolies
A Valuation and Analysis of Atlantic Canadian Liquor Monopolies by Ian Madsen and Alex Whalen details the myriad problems with monopolies, places a value on our liquor corporations, and explores options for the future. [...]