Appeared in the Chronicle Herald, December 24, 2019By Bacchus Barua and Alex Whalen Nova Scotians are worried about health care—and rightly so, as the province’s wait times are among the longest in the country. According to a new study from the Fraser Institute, patients in Nova Scotia in 2019 waited 33.3 weeks, from referral by [...]
By Paul W. Bennett (AIMS Education Fellow) A New Brunswick principal, Brad Sturgeon of Fredericton’s Leo Hayes High School, has broken the silence and rung the alarm bell over the rapid spread of vaping among students – before, after and even (surreptitiously) during class. Today’s high schoolers, right across Canada, can now be spotted, almost [...]
By Dr. David Zitner (AIMS Senior Health Policy Fellow) Most businesses encourage clients to electronically access their own information because consumers value the efficiency and convenience of electronic access. Unfortunately, the Nova Scotia Department of Health (DOH) has a different idea. They have been a successful barrier preventing most Nova Scotians from retrieving and using [...]
AIMS' 2007 study Drug Re-importation in North America and Europe: An Overview by Brian Ferguson was referenced in an article by the Epoch Times discussing the reality of drug imports from Canada to the United States in the wake of their shortage. Read the article here Read the study here
By David Zitner (AIMS Healthcare Policy Fellow) Is anyone surprised to learn that credit reporting agencies, Facebook, and retail stores scan many sources and gather your personal information? Although many people have several credit cards, several loans, and deal with many retail merchants the credit reporting agencies have no difficulty aggregating your information, from all sources, [...]
By Matthew Lau (AIMS Author) Without serious government course correction, Canada is headed for an ill-fated healthcare squeeze. The senior dependency ratio in Canada – which is the ratio of people 65 years and older relative to the working-age population (15 to 64 years old) – is projected to rise from 25 per cent today [...]
By David Zitner (AIMS Senior Health Care Policy Fellow) The latest missive from the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), sent to some doctors but not to the community at large, acknowledges the responsibility of the Health Authority for the sad state of primary care. In an April Department of Family Practice Update we see a [...]
By DAVID ZITNER (AIMS Senior Fellow) and DOMINIC COVVEY (AIMS Author) Canadians suffer when important mental health services are unavailable or waiting times too long. Fortunately, many of us, including children, parents, other relatives and friends may find and implement worthwhile solutions to important problems while people wait. However, some people are afraid to try. They [...]
By David Zitner (AIMS Senior Fellow) and Dominic Covvey (AIMS Author) Airplane crashes are broadcast widely and become infamous. Consequently, industry was compelled to make substantial improvements to airplanes, their instrumentation, the training of pilots and air traffic control. Without awareness, people would not recognize a crisis and there would be little impetus for change. No [...]
Federal and provincial legislation exempts First Nations reserves from several forms of taxation. Unfortunately, most governments have not examined the cost of this policy, estimated at $1.3 billion across Canada. The largest tax exemption, is for tobacco. From PEI reserves in 2015, the value of the cigarette loophole was over a million dollars, [...]
