By Matthew Lau (AIMS Author) Labour Day is a day, as its name suggests, to celebrate labour. This is entirely appropriate; labour is a necessary input for the production of goods and services on which our standards of living rely. We make a mistake, however, when the celebration is of labour unions instead of the [...]
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) For many of us, the kitchen has been a sacred place in our home. In fact, it has been referred to as the heart of the home. But it seems kitchens are losing their lustre. An increasing number of condos and apartments are being sold and rented without a [...]
AIMS Vice President Alex Whalen discussed his views on the Confederation Bridge's toll with CBC PEI, contending that maintaining the toll for users was the fairest way to fund the bridge. Listen here:
By Alex Whalen (AIMS Vice President) The recent campaign to remove tolls on the Confederation Bridge is a popular policy topic where rhetoric has become misguided. Prince Edward Island Senator Percy Downe has pushed to remove the toll from the bridge, while P.E.I. Premier Dennis King has also pledged to work on lowering the toll [...]
By PATRICK LUCIANI (AIMS Senior Fellow) Financial Post, 25 May 2017 As Pope Francis and Donald Trump finished up their rather brief, and apparently uncomfortable meeting on Wednesday, the Holy Father slipped the president a copy of his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si.” That happens to be Francis' critique of capitalism and the environment and, since [...]
In the Financial Post, AIMS Senior Fellow Patrick Luciani argues that Bernie Sanders is channeling a well-rehearsed ignorance of the capitalist system, one that finds its roots in the Gospels. Like their authors, Sanders and the Bishop of Rome mistake financial success and the market itself as avenues of greed. With Easter approaching, this is [...]
Halifax – Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) president and CEO, Marco Navarro-Génie, announced today that John Williamson has joined the Institute to lead its research efforts throughout Atlantic Canada. Williamson’s appointment at AIMS as Vice-President of Research is effective immediately. He will be based in New Brunswick – ensuring AIMS has a prominent presence [...]
Now that the 45th Davos World Economic Forum is behind us for another year, the question is: Does Davos even matter anymore? Getting 2,500 top business and political leaders together each January in a resort in Switzerland isn’t a bad idea if they can give us outsiders an idea of how the world economy will [...]
Speaking at an AIMS event after Minister Flaherty announced a series of changes, Mark Carney reiterated his concerns about the effects that his ultra-low interest rates have had on the behaviour of both borrowers and lenders.
Forex Factory covered Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's speech in Halifax on Thursday, June 21.