Radio: A $30-Billion Federal Defecit
For the past twenty years, the federal government has made prudent fiscal decisions. But now the Trudeau government’s first budget will overspend by 30-billion dollars, and add 118-billion [...]
Should government subsidize universities to boost enrollment?
In a story by the Telegraph-Journal's John Chilibeck, John Williamson argues against further subsidies to higher education. On the issue, Williamson doubts that governments "are prepared to cut in one [...]
Canada’s troubling budget path
In New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal, AIMS Vice-President of Research John Williamson evaluates the 2016 federal budget. Given Canada’s relative economic health, it is hard to comprehend the decision by the federal [...]
AIMS report recommends Atlantic Canada taxation changes
Customs today reports on AIMS' study, "I'll Take New England Any Day!", authored by Mark Milke. The study compares tax regimes in Atlantic Canada with those in New England, our [...]
NE lawmakers propose seceding from Eastern Time
In the Cape Cod Times, AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie is quoted in a story about the advantages of the Atlantic time zone. He argues that "In the age of high-volume [...]
This Easter, be grateful for the moneychangers
In the Financial Post, AIMS Senior Fellow Patrick Luciani argues that Bernie Sanders is channeling a well-rehearsed ignorance of the capitalist system, one that finds its roots in the Gospels. [...]