Radio: Energy East Pipeline
The Energy East Pipeline is good policy. It's needed to transport oil from Western Canadian provinces to the refinery in New Brunswick. This 12 billion dollar infrastructure project would increase pipeline and refining [...]
Presentation to the House of Commons Finance Committee
Mr. Chairman and Members of the House of Commons Finance Committee, I am pleased to be here on behalf of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies to offer our viewpoint to you. There are, of [...]
Media Release: AIMS to Establish Presence in New Brunswick
Halifax – Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) president and CEO, Marco Navarro-Génie, announced today that John Williamson has joined the Institute to lead its research efforts throughout Atlantic Canada. Williamson’s appointment at AIMS as [...]
New Brunswick needs to grow its economy
The New Brunswick budget shows that a series of tax increases and modest spending measures to tackle the province’s dire fiscal situation will not mean less provincial debt. Rather, debt will continue to grow under [...]
The end of growth could mean the death of Davos Man
Now that the 45th Davos World Economic Forum is behind us for another year, the question is: Does Davos even matter anymore? Getting 2,500 top business and political leaders together each January in a resort [...]
Mace, Not Mandate When Considering Electoral Reform
Kevin Vickers, famous for killing the Parliament Hill shooter in October 2014, was Canada’s last Sargent-at-Arms. The Sargent-at-Arms serves as custodian of the Mace, the symbol of the authority of the House. The Mace is [...]
Radio: Spending Problem
Our governments in Atlantic Canada spend more money than taxpayers can afford. Overspending means too much money from taxpayers goes to paying salaries instead of funding services we really need. Atlantic Canadians pay [...]
AIMS contributes to Newfoundland & Labrador public sector discussion
Jerry Earle of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees and Richard Alexander of the Newfoundland and Labrador Employers' Council. Listen to the Full Interview HERE.
Atlantic Canada must be told ‘no,’ or it will continue to decline
By David MacKinnon and Marco Navarro-Genie Even a brief glance at the economies of the Atlantic Region in early 2016 indicates that a time of reckoning is at hand. Deficits are growing and threaten to [...]
Public sector cuts would provide savings, says AIMS
This article appeared on CBC News. A Halifax-based advocacy group says Newfoundland and Labrador should cut the number of its employees to deal with its significant fiscal challenges. Marco Navarro-Genie, president and CEO of the [...]