By MARCO NAVARRO-GENIE (AIMS President), PETER HOLLE (FCPP President), and DAVID MACKINNON (AIMS and FCPP Senior Fellow) Financial Post, 11 July 2018 Amrank, 11 July 2018 The controversies that have erupted over equalization in recent days must seem tiresome to many Canadians. Our national debates on equalization have been marked by conflict, obscure technical jargon, little research on the [...]
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 [...]
By MARCO NAVARRO-GÉNIE (AIMS PRESIDENT) Troy Media, 15 June 2018 A significant amount of ink is being dedicated on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border to the trade conflict that President Donald Trump precipitated at the end of the G7 meetings in Charlevoix, Que. Trump wants a better trade footing for the United States, pointing [...]
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 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 [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) The Telegraph Journal, 16 May 2018 Retail food prices are not moving much these days. They are barely higher than last year, with a modest increase of 0.5 per cent. In fact, according to Statistics Canada, prices dropped over all by 0.7 per cent over the winter months. South [...]
On April 25th, 2018, Senior Research Fellow Ed Hollett discussed the latest study from AIMS on property taxes in Atlantic Canada with Sheldon MacLeod on News 95.7.
High Homeowner Property Taxes in Atlantic Canada, the latest study from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, found that of the four Atlantic provinces, the rate increased significantly faster in New Brunswick when measured against increases in the Consumer Price Index. Residents of New Brunswick are also paying more of their household expenses for [...]
AIMS - Press Release View this email in your browser Media Release Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Favour of Restriction, Not Rights Halifax - 19 April 2018: The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling today to uphold protectionist restrictions on interprovincial trade is a missed opportunity to advance the Canadian economy by creating greater economic freedom as intended [...]