The Rutherford Show: AIMS President & CEO on Equalization
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill joins The Rutherford show to discuss equalization transfer payments.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation – ON: #mnc2013
At the Manning Networking Conference Charles Cirtwill of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) suggested replacing the government transfers with Milton Friedman’s idea of a negative income tax.
LEGER: Raising alarms on equalization, fairness and dependence
The current equalization formula expires next year. Think-tanks like the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies are churning out equalization alarms.
Canada’s Broken Equalization Program
In this commentary, AIMS Senior Fellow in Fairness in Confederation; the Ontario Perspective David McKinnon argues that Canada's equalization program is counterproductive and unprincipled.
Want to kill equalization as we know it? Pit People and Towns against Provinces
In this op-ed, Juanita Spencer argues that shifting equalization funds from provinces to people would achieve our constitutional commitments and goals, and provide incentives encouraging local governments to meet local demands.
Beacon: June 5, 2012
Put Out Money Where Our Mouths Are, Mark Carney Luncheon, Rethinking Equalization, Missing the Mark, Uniformity isn't the answer, A Community Solution to Nova Scotia's Dying Lighthouses, AIMS in the Media
Beacon: May 22, 2012
Nova Scotia Universities: Constrain or Release? The special AIMS Luncheon with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is now 75% sold out. Less Government, not Less Governments. Home of the Brave? National Coalition launched to offer alternatives to transfers. Introducing AIMS Summer Policy Intern, Alanna Newman. AIMS in the Media.
Juanita Spencer on equalization: Pay people, not provinces
In this op-ed, Juanita Spencer argues that shifting equalization funds from provinces to people would achieve our constitutional commitments and goals, and provide incentives encouraging local governments to meet local demands.
Think-tank: Transfers should go to citizens, not provinces
AIMS suggests local governments advocate for federal cash transfer payments to be made to individual citizens, not provinces.
Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are
In Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are, AIMS Author Juanita Spencer considers a model of equalization that would strengthen municipalities and make people, not provinces, the recipients.