Nova Scotia terminal projects poised to land boatloads of public money
In this Letter to the Editor posted in the Cape Breton Post, AIMS President and CEO discusses Nova Scotias investment into three competing terminal projects.
Who needs to save money these days?
This Op-Ed by AIMS' Manning Center Intern John Kennedy discusses MLA spending in Nova Scotia
Who Could Have Seen THAT Coming?
Economist Don McIver takes a look at the global economic meltdown, the recovery and the consequences.
Incentives Matter:
Incentives matter, whether in federal transfers, worker productivity, or in taking personal responsibility. This talk explores all of these ideas and how government has done its best in most cases to get the incentives wrong.
N.B. population meets first benchmark
This article from the Times & Transcript looks at the progress New Brunswick has made in achieving its self imposed benchmark in regards to population growth. It draws on AIMS' research to explain the population crunch.
Coalition of the Liberals and the NDP?
AIMS Senior Fellow Brian Lee Crowley was approached by the National Post to contribute an op-ed on the idea of a coalition of the Liberals and the NDP. Here is what he wrote.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Unfinished Symphony: The Canadian Century
Part One: AIMS Senior Fellow Brian Lee Crowley is the co-author of a new book called The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s Shadow. The book details the tremendous progress Canada has made in recent years in redeeming itself from decades of poor policy. In fact the book holds out the prospect of Canada finally claiming the century that Sir Wilfrid Laurier predicted would be ours – just 100 years late. In the first of two extracts published in the National Post, Crowley and his co-authors talk about Laurier’s plan for Canada and how the return to his policy prescription for Canada has paid important dividends. In the second extract they write about how to take the relationship with the US to the next level.
The Canadian Century: Managing the Neighbours
Part Two: AIMS Senior Fellow Brian Lee Crowley is the co-author of a new book called The Canadian Century: Moving out of America’s Shadow. The book details the tremendous progress Canada has made in recent years in redeeming itself from decades of poor policy. In fact the book holds out the prospect of Canada finally claiming the century that Sir Wilfrid Laurier predicted would be ours – just 100 years late. In the first of two extracts published in the National Post, Crowley and his co-authors talk about Laurier’s plan for Canada and how the return to his policy prescription for Canada has paid important dividends. In the second extract they write about how to take the relationship with the US to the next level.
Would you buy an $8 beer?
This commentary from the Telegraph Journal looks at the possible repercussions of the upcoming minimum wage increase in New Brunswick uses research from AIMS to make its point.
More not necessarily better
The President of the Nova Scotia Chamber of Commerce, Wayne Fiander, draws on AIMS municipal performance report to make a point about too much is not necessarily better, particularly when it comes to government and government spending.