Standardized testing still makes sense in P.E.I.
By Michael Zwaagstra (AIMS Research Fellow) P.E.I. plans to continue using standardized tests in schools and may even look to expand them. This should come as little surprise, particularly since a recent review by RMJ Assessments, [...]
Government needs to change thinking to find Muskrat Falls fix- Ed Hollett
AIMS Senior Fellow Ed Hollett was featured on NTV arguing for the government to change the way it thinks about Muskrat Falls, saying the government needs to break down the project into its component parts [...]
Could guaranteed income help to cope with automation?
By Patrick Webber (AIMS Research Associate) The revolution of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will be one of the most profound economic shifts of this century. It is already well underway, and public policy must [...]
Canada’s Food Guide: A new dish, with a dash of condescension
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Calgary Business, 24 January 2019 Net News Ledger, 25 January 2019 Say goodbye to the four food groups; they are now gone. Almost 12 years after the launch of [...]
Listen: Postal Code Education
Paul Bennett, AIMS author and education commentator, joined the Rick Howe Show to talk about what’s happening with Halifax Schools, and it’s been one year since the release of the Glaze Report. Listen tot he [...]
Listen: Electric cars, Muskrat Falls and more
Hear Senior Fellow Ed Hollett discuss the on-going Muskrat Falls situation on CBC's On The Go with Ted Blades: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/on-the-go/episode/15665047
Raising the bar and closing the gap: schools, income, and student success
Student performance can be highly varied in school systems and differences among children and teens from different classes or groups, marked by income, ethnic, or racial disparities, are commonly termed the ‘achievement gap.’ While [...]
Canada Post union pitches low-income bank…but who pays the bill?
In a recent CBC article discussing a series of proposals created by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, AIMS Vice President Alex Whalen was quoted saying "I don't think taxpayer interests would be served by those [...]
CPP Tax Hikes Doesn’t Help Workers
By Matthew Lau (AIMS Author) The federal government began 2019 by taking a bigger bite out of workers’ paycheques, with the combined employer and employee CPP payroll tax rising from 9.9 percent of earnings to [...]
Food Guide: The end of the milk doctrine?
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Globe and Mail, 13 January 2019 It appears that the four food groups most Canadians know by heart are on their way out. Health Canada has announced it will [...]