Governments must plan to hold line on public sector employment
By JACKSON DOUGHART (AIMS Policy Analyst) and MARCO NAVARRO-GÉNIE (AIMS President) • The Charlottetown Guardian, 07 December 2016 Employment by the provincial government and municipalities is significant on Prince Edward Island, comprising nearly a fifth [...]
Radio: Austerity in the Atlantic Provinces (4)
PEI: Some Islanders mistakenly identify small public spending reductions with austerity measures. European countries like Greece and Portugal have genuinely experienced austere conditions, cutting their budgets by a quarter after the Great Recession. [...]
Making a move to three-tier health care
By DAVID ZITNER (AIMS Senior Fellow) • The Chronicle Herald, 01 December 2016 Most Canadians applaud the principles of the Canada Health Act that suggest all Canadians should have access to the comprehensive health care [...]
New Brunswick’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 81 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, New Brunswick has a smaller public sector than the Canadian average. By this metric, the province's public sector is the smallest in Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick's public [...]
P.E.I.’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 93 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Prince Edward Island has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the third-largest public sector in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. [...]
Nova Scotia’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 101 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Nova Scotia has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the second-largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. Since 1997, Nova [...]
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 109 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, NL has one of the largest public sectors in Canada, and the largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. The Atlantic average [...]
Radio: Measuring Austerity in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is experiencing fiscal challenges, with limited revenues and high spending by provincial governments. Unfortunately, many critics believe that minor spending cuts amount to austerity measures. This is false. European countries like [...]
More needs to be done to trim public service: AIMS
News article quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie • Chronicle Herald, 23 November 2016 More needs to be done to trim the provincial public service, says the author of a new report. The Atlantic Institute for [...]
Jackson Doughart on CBC Maritime Noon: Size and Cost of the Public Sector
On Nov. 24, 2016, AIMS Policy Analyst Jackson Doughart was a guest of CBC Radio's "Maritime Noon" program. Host Norma Lee MacLeod interviewed him about AIMS's study "The Size and Cost of [...]