By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) This time of year, most Canadians are enjoying summer with picnics and barbecues. Meat often plays a central role when choosing the menu for gatherings among family and friends. But it seems eating meat is becoming increasingly controversial, as is selling it. In foie gras-friendly France, as an example, [...]
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Chair of Board) Atlantic Business Magazine, 04 July 2018 IN OUR ENTHUSIASM to continue to make Canada distinct, uniquely caring, openminded, polite and any other adjective you might like to use to describe not so much what we have been but what we seemingly want to aspire to become… we run [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Net News Ledger, 09 July 2018 Sudbury Star, 12 July 2018 The Guardian, 13 July 2018 On Oct. 17, smoking cannabis will become legal in Canada. As for cannabis edibles, they will take a bit longer: Cannabis-infused food products will be legal in a little less than a year’s [...]
Work by AIMS was quoted in a July 9th op-ed in the Chronicle Herald criticizing supply management. Read the full article here
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) The Telegraph Journal, 28 June 2018 Campbell Soup stocks soared after news came out suggesting the company could be bought by Kraft-Heinz, one of 3G Capital and Warren Buffett’s pet projects in the food sector. Even though the deal is highly unlikely to happen, these rumours point to a much [...]
AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie commented in support of a private distribution model for legalized cannabis. Read the full article here
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) We are now officially at war with the United States – in a trade war that is. In response to U.S.-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, Canada intends to do the same on our side. Like any trade war, it could unfortunately escalate. Canada will unlawfully implement counter-measures which [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) Most consumers are always concerned about the cost of food. We constantly look for bargains and the food industry knows it. According to a recent survey (by Dalhousie University), almost 60% of all Canadian consumers consider price as one of the top three decision criteria when grocery shopping. Price [...]
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Board Chair) Atlantic Business Magazine, 27 April 2018 When we elected our current federal government, we thought we had elected one that was slightly left of center. In practice we seem to have elected one that’s experimenting with moving even further to the left. The value of such as a shift is [...]
In an article published by the Toronto Sun, AIMS 2017 study on gas regulation in Atlantic Canada What's Still Missing From Your Wallet by Marco Navarro-Génie was referenced by Christine Van Geyn (Ontario Director for the CTF). Read in full here