Cut taxes to boost N.B. salaries, province told
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham's suggestion to increase wages to keep easterners at home, has some merit. However, in this front page story in the Times & Transcript, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill suggests to find the money for higher wages, there have to be some change in the way business is conducted.
Should Some Pigs Be More Equal Than Others?
A protest at Province House by hog farmers demanding more money from the provincial government prompted AIMS Director of Research to ask why. In this article that appeared in both major dailies in Nova Scotia, Ian Munro suggests farmers cannot expect to be treated any differently than any other family business.
Solutions sought to student debt load problem
It's time to end the debate over student loans and take an indepth look at the program. In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains people defaulting on the loans are only the result of the problem, not the cause.
Leader’s comments spur R&D debate
In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains there needs to be more development in Atlantic Canada from Research & Development. He suggests a way to encourage that is to provide tax credits to companies.
Margo’s got the cargo, but where’s Reggie with the rig?
Policy changes could help alleviate a growing labour shortage in Atlantic Canada and encourage more people to join the workforce through trades. This op/ed by AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro suggests that one of those changes should be to immigration policy.
Government eyes bad student loans
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says government needs to change the way it looks at student loans. In this article about the high bad loans rate, he suggests the information should be used to determine where or on what terms to grant loans in the first instance.
The Beacon, 11 January 2007
The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group explains the miscalculations used by the uninformed in the health care reform debate; AIMS tells a House Committee that bad policy is killing jobs and shows a Senate Committee the true weight of equalization. And meet the new wonks.
A First Look at the Numbers
The public-private health care debate can seem a lot like a high school math class – there's a lot of noise, a few troublemakers and frequently a profound misunderstanding of the numbers. The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG), coordinated by AIMS, is adding a little clarity to the debate. This third paper published by the CHCCG shows how the data is often misunderstood and misused.
Bad numbers don’t add up to good policy
The public-private debate is undermined by a misuse of health care data.
Still time to flip population decline
The Telegraph-Journal takes a look at the potential population decline in New Brunswick and indications that in the next five years deaths will outpace briths. The newspaper turned to AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill to explain how the decline can be turned around.