Corporate welfare no way to run a brewery
By JOHN WILLIAMSON (Vice President of Research) • Troy Media, 04 Oct 2016 Governments and public servants are lousy at picking market winners and losers. In the case of the beer industry, consumers can get [...]
Empowering aboriginal communities with free markets
By JOSEPH QUESNEL (Research Fellow) • National Post, 03 Oct 2016 AIMS Research Fellow Joseph Quesnel discusses the success story of Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton, which has prospered by keeping its land holdings [...]
e-Government in Atlantic Canada: Who’s Leading, Who’s Lagging, and Who to Follow
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today released a report examining e-government services offered by the four provinces in Atlantic Canada. The study, entitled e-Government in the Atlantic Provinces: Review and Future Trends, [...]
e-Government in the Atlantic Provinces
Review and Future Trends A report by Jan Pavel In e-Government in the Atlantic Provinces: Review and Future Trends Jan Pavel assesses the delivery of 31 e-government services. Overall, Nova Scotia ranked first, followed by [...]
Radio: Education Spending Levels
Governments in Atlantic Canada are over-spending on public education. A new study shows that between 2004 and 2014, the provinces spent significantly more money, even as enrollment went down. Adjusted for price changes, [...]
Radio: Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike
Advocates of higher minimum wages in Atlantic Canada want to help low-income workers. But artificially forcing up wages can actually hurt those employed in low-wage jobs. A new study has found that workers [...]
Holding line on P.E.I.’s education spending
By JACKSON DOUGHART (Policy Analyst) and JOHN WILLIAMSON (Vice President of Research) • Charlottetown Guardian, 19 Sep 2016 For provincial governments, controlling spending requires discipline. But the payoff is more efficient social programs, a better [...]
Radio: Education Methods
Education experts agree: critical thinking is an essential skill for today’s students. But to instill this ability in our children, we can’t abandon tools that are proven effective. Traditional education approaches focus on [...]
Education spending in New Brunswick gets an F
By JOHN WILLIAMSON (Vice President of Research) • Telegraph-Journal, 14 Sep 2016 The New Brunswick government released its budget update two weeks ago. The picture isn’t pretty. The province will borrow more money because expenditures [...]
Government must push forward with Energy East process
By JACKSON DOUGHART (Policy Analyst) 12 Sep 2016 From the Charlottetown Guardian and the Journal-Pioneer. Progress on the Energy East pipeline is stalling. The National Energy Board recently cancelled a scheduled week of hearings into [...]