Loans keep spinning
In this front page article in the Telegraph-Journal, AIMS acting president explains the dangers of investing tax dollars in struggling projects. Charles Cirtwill calls it a vicious cycle, that once started is hard to break.
Are Public Servants More Important Than Public Services?
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill takes a look at public services versus public servants. In his fortnightly column in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Cirtwill ponders whether it is the service or the servant that needs protecting.
Attack on wallet a myth
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill was invited to provide the Telegraph Journal with insight on the economic situation of New Brunswickers following tax increases and power rate hikes. Cirtwill points out that while the amounts may seem relatively small for the average bread winner, they are detrimental to growth and tax payers in the long term.
Money in; money out
AIMS delivers a one-two punch analysis of the economic well-being of New Brunswickers following tax increases and power rate hikes in this front page article from the Daily Gleaner. AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill and AIMS author David Murrell point out that while most taxpayers are seeing more money come in they are shelling more out and that those suffering the most are those on fixed incomes.
Thanks for the insight
AIMS is thanked for analysis of the harmful effects of New Brunswick’s tax increases on the provincial economy in this letter to the Times and Transcript.
The Beacon, 19 April 2007
This issue of The Beacon covers the country from coast to coast, from BC`s trade agreement with Alberta to Atlantica`s trade with India.
Polite applause, but no curtain calls for this year’s budget
AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro reviews the Prince Edward Island provincial budget in this op/ed from the Charlottetown Guardian. Munro cites points out how a good budget could have been better.
NBers can afford tax hikes: Minister
Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, explains in this front page article from the Times and Transcript that higher taxes are forcing many New Brunswickers to consider leaving the province. He noted that paying an extra $1 000 for the pleasure of living in the province is simply not worth it.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill was invited by the Halifax Chronicle Herald to write a regular fortnightly column. This, the first, provides some clarification for the debate surrounding Nova Scotia’s position on the latest equalization formula.
Merging Atlantic Canada a tax boon?
In this article from the Telegraph Journal AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill explains why it is unlikely a single government for the Atlantic provinces would result in reduced spending.