On Monday, April 16th 2018, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies was mentioned in a release issued by the MEI on the CISION newswire. The article is an update on the Comeau Case (on Thursday, April 19th the Supreme Court will hand down a decision regarding interprovincial trade barriers in Canada) and mentions the collaboration [...]
By ED HOLLETT (AIMS Senior Research Fellow) The provincial government continues to predict that its annual budget will return to surplus by 2022. There are reasons to doubt this forecast let alone avoid financial problems in the future. First, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador faces the same strategic financial problems it has faced for most [...]
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Montreal Times, 16 April 2018 Leger and National released its annual report ranking Canada’s most admired companies. While some results were indeed surprising, others were not. Both Google and (Loblaw’s) Shoppers Drug Mart ended up at the top of their rankings as most respected companies, regardless of where the [...]
By MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA (AIMS Research Fellow) The Chronicle Herald, 19 April 2018 Troy Media, 12 April 2018 Nova Scotia doesn’t have enough substitute teachers right now. In fact, the shortage is so severe that school boards are hiring people without teacher’s certificates to fill some substitute positions. In many cases, regular teachers are being forced [...]
By SYLVAINCHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) and TONY WALKER The Hamilton Spectator, 05 April 2018 Troy Media, 04 April 2018 An increasing number of people are voicing concerns about our use of plastics day-to-day. Single-use plastics of any kind — such as grocery bags, cutlery, straws, polystyrene and coffee cups — are significant yet preventable sources of [...]
By MARCO NAVARRO-GÉNIE (AIMS PRESIDENT) Troy Media, 23 March 2018 Huddle, 27 March 2018 While good intentions matter a great deal, results matter most. The federal decision to impose a national carbon tax policy may be well-intentioned, but its effects may be detrimental to our economy. We’ll likely see its worst effects on New Brunswick. [...]
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 20 March 2018 Loblaw, the largest food distribution company in the country, is now selling cricket flour. The product itself is not new, as many speciality stores have been selling it for a few years now. But Loblaw is the first major retailer to sell the product [...]
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Chairman of the Board) Atlantic Business Magazine, 5 March 2018 I am not an advocate of the Chinese political system or their Modern Socialism, but we have a lot to learn from what China is able to do, and is doing, as well as the implications of those actions for Canada [...]
BY PATRICK WEBBER (AIMS Research Associate) A shrinking labour force and a rapidly growing population of non-employed seniors in relation to active full-time workers represents an enormous challenge to New Brunswick over the next three decades. The demographic trajectory of New Brunswick has been creeping up over time. For instance, for every 100 working-age people, [...]
The trade war between Alberta and British Columbia is a stark reminder that while Canadians have one country, we certainly do not have one market. As Canadians, we’re proud to live in a country made up of 13 unique provinces and territories. We travel for many reasons but something as simple as [...]