Cut fat from civil service
In this front page story, AIMS Research Manager Bobby O'Keefe explains why the New Brunswick government would be wise to reduce the size of its civil service.
Out with the new and in with the old
Remembering why we wanted Employment Insurance in the first place.
Using a wrench as a hammer: Why EI is the wrong tool to respond to loss of income in an economic downturn
This AIMS Commentary by UPEI economist Robin F. Neill examines the employment insurance program and finds it wanting.
Critics blast wine price hike: NB Liquor’s advice to wine suppliers to boost prices called a tax grab
Advice from the New Brunswick liquor commission to wine suppliers to boost prices is soundly criticized in this news story. AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill points out it is an example of why the government monopoly should be privatized.
Despite recession, looming labour shortage big threat
AIMS' extensive research on the labour market and the impact of the demographic shift is used in this news story about the pending labour shortage.
The Beacon – 29 April 2009
From municipal performance to fiscal policy to health care, this Beacon highlights AIMS most recent work regionally, nationally and internationally.
Call it Q.E.D.: Quantitative Easing ‘Dementia’
This Commentary dismisses Quantitative Easing as the cure to our economic ills, and points out that printing money out of thin air is disastrous medicine.
A cure worse than the crisis
An op-ed written by AIMS Research Fellow Harry Koza was featured on opinion pages of newspapers across the country, including the Montreal Gazette and Calgary Herald. Koza, in his direct fashion, dismisses 'quantitative easing' as a solution to the economic crsisi, saying it will cause more problems than it solves.
Province’s new tax scheme a ‘bold stroke’
New Brunswick's new tax program was enacted Tuesday in legislature. AIMS Executive Vice-President Charles Cirtwill says this is proof the government is dedicated to lowering taxes.
Ready to print their way to inflation
This op-ed piece, on Quantitative Easing, by AIMS Research fellow, Harry Koza was featured in the Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette and Telegraph Journal.