Heavy bureaucracy
New Brunswick's civil service is among the largest per capita in the country. AIMS Research Manager, Bobby O'Keefe explains how that statistic may indicate over-management.
High taxes costly for N.B.
New Brunswickers' high income earners are taxed at a higher rate than those in other Canadian provinces. AIMS Executive Vice-President Charles Cirtwill explains how this may be one of the factors delaying growth in the province's economy.
Government: In search of the real Harper
In this article in Canadian Business, writer John Gray asks, based on the Tory budget, whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pulled the ultimate about-face. One of the opinion leaders he turned to was AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley.
Universities could see enrolment rise
With the economic downturn universities could see a rise in enrolment especially in the male population. AIMS Executive Vice-President Charles Cirtwill cautions that this may be giving people false hope for the future.
Our Orwellian world of politics
AIMS Research Fellow Harry Koza wrote this op-ed that appeared in the Montreal Gazette on the fiscal stimulus. Based on his Commentary, Who's irrationally exuberant now: Debt shy consumers or pump priming politicians?, Koza points out why "spend, spend, spend" is not the best message for these economic times.
Despite recession, looming labour shortage big threat
AIMS' paper on the pending labour shortage by Jim McNiven continues to make headlines, including this article in Canwest News Service. AIMS President Brian Crowley suggests that the labour shortage will be Canada's greatest economic challenge over the next 50 years.
Increasing our population, our future depends on it
An AIMS paper is forcing Nova Scotians to look at the demographic changes that are occurring. In this op-ed, businessman Rob Batherson uses the AIMS paper to explain how Nova Scotia could be in a state of crisis if nothing is done.
Labour shortage on the horizon
This story in the electronic newsletter bankrate.com highlights the AIMS paper written by Jim McNiven of the pending labour shortage in Canada.
Times they are a changin’ . . How demographic reality is reshaping education
Our population is getting older. This Commentary, based on a talk to the Canadian Education Association, examines how that fact will impact education policy.
The morality of oilsands growth
The debate on how to ethically spend the oilsands money continues and this editorial in the Calgary Herald uses an AIMS paper to make its point.