New Brunswick's campaign to attract ex-pats and immigrants to the province sells the province's lifestyle. But AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains such a branding exercise will only work if there are the jobs to back it up.
AIMS' presentation before a New Brunswick legislative committee is the basis of this story on tax reform. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains how cutting corporate income tax will boost investment and he points out that businesses will still be on the hook for property taxes, consumption taxes as well as mandatory labour taxes.
Recent pay hikes for New Brunswick government employees are being linked to pay equity. However, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill suggests that trying to set a rule that defines compensation for each position becomes a kind of gerrymandering.
With talk of tax reform in New Brunswick, a suggestion for a provincial carbon tax could hurt the province's competitiveness. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains that adding any tax needs to be carefully examined for impact.
Legal theorist Richard Epstein looks at what's needed to make the current system less intrusive, less regulatory, and less government-dominated.
Non-renewable resource revenues are boosting the economies of the once poor provinces of Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. When journalist Richard Foot explored the pitfalls of that wealth, he turned to AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley to explain the curse and the antidote.
Commodities are driving the economies of once poor Canadian provinces like Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley says this reallighnment of economies within Canada is going to exacerbate the growing labour shortage.
The best thing is for New Brunswick to move forward and let Nova Scotia and P.E.I. sit on their hands and whine about being special, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill told the Times & Transcript about the provinces' tax reform.
This story examines the shifting economic balance in Canada. A shift that AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley says will only be exacerbated by the pending labour shortage.
From taxes to public education to demographics, this edition of The Beacon has something for everyone.