AIMS Event Mentioned in Financial Post
The Financial Post mentioned AIMS' Chairman's Dinner event on Wednesday, featuring former NB premier Frank McKenna. In the report, FP outlines Mr. McKenna's career post-politics and: "On Wednesday night, he was in Halifax, speaking [...]
Cannabis: To eat or not to eat, that is the burning question
by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) If all things go to plan, as of July 1, 2018, legal-aged Canadians will be able to walk into a store, experience a perhaps not-so-friendly retail environment and buy cannabis. [...]
Bill Morneau’s small business taxes will hit Atlantic Canada hard
By Mark Milke (AIMS Author) Imagine for a moment you live in Saint John, or Halifax or any other city, town or hamlet in Atlantic Canada. For years, you resisted the temptation to advise your children [...]
Many lessons to learn from defunct no-zero policy
By Michael Zwaagstra (AIMS Research Fellow) The longstanding no-zero policy in Newfoundland and Labrador schools is no more. The CEO of the English School District recently announced that teachers are once again free to deduct marks [...]
Roasting Coffee
by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 3 October 2017 Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know this. These days, they are desperately trying to find any [...]
Taking the Air out of Airbnb
Originally posted on fcpp.org by Lee Harding In Canada, Airbnb is getting…well…deflated. The ironic reason is that it has become too popular. Airbnb is an online service for “Air bed and breakfast.” It’s for guests [...]
Tax Reform Needed … but take the time to do it right
by JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Chairman of the Board) The Telegram, 26 September 2017 Who can blame you if you are among those scratching their heads, trying to interpret the rhetoric on both sides of the [...]
Proposed Changes to Capital Gains Rules: What About the Family Farm?
Keeping families and jobs in rural Canada is not easy. Proposed changes to capital gains rules would make it harder for a family member to keep the family farm, according to AIMS [...]
Modern Employment Insurance System
A new idea from AIMS would create a modern employment insurance system that meets the needs of workers and employers. Here’s how the new system would work: Payroll deductions would go into [...]
Tax Reform
Keeping families and jobs in rural Canada is not easy. Proposed changes to capital gains rules would make it harder for a family member to keep the family farm, according to AIMS senior [...]