Beer bonds could pay for infrastructure
AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill was asked, in this Telegraph Journal article, to provide comment on New Brunswick’s initiatives to become self-sufficient.
ACOA numbers don’t add up: Prof
AIMS Director of Research, Ian Munro speaks on possible cuts to the ACOA budget in this Chronicle Herald article.
Moving On Up – The transition from poverty to prosperity
AIMS tells Senate Committee to get out of the way, or at least not mess things up too badly.
The Beacon, 28 February 2007
Discover India, hear the advice AIMS had for Standing Senate and Commons committees and find out just how free the Freedom of Information Act is.
The Beacon, 14 February 2007
Learn the three Cs of municipal government, hear the three reasons why Canada should be in Afghanistan and examine whether some family businesses are more equal than others.
Cut taxes to boost N.B. salaries, province told
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham's suggestion to increase wages to keep easterners at home, has some merit. However, in this front page story in the Times & Transcript, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill suggests to find the money for higher wages, there have to be some change in the way business is conducted.
Should Some Pigs Be More Equal Than Others?
A protest at Province House by hog farmers demanding more money from the provincial government prompted AIMS Director of Research to ask why. In this article that appeared in both major dailies in Nova Scotia, Ian Munro suggests farmers cannot expect to be treated any differently than any other family business.
Leader’s comments spur R&D debate
In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains there needs to be more development in Atlantic Canada from Research & Development. He suggests a way to encourage that is to provide tax credits to companies.
The Beacon, 11 January 2007
The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group explains the miscalculations used by the uninformed in the health care reform debate; AIMS tells a House Committee that bad policy is killing jobs and shows a Senate Committee the true weight of equalization. And meet the new wonks.
Factoring Ourselves Out
Labour, capital and technology - all are in short supply in Atlantic Canada as a result of public policies better suited to the late 20th century and not the early 21st.