AIMS research analyst Jackson Doughart argues in the National Post that the federal budget does not serve young Canadians well. By kicking the can of debt repayment down the line, it is the next generation of leaders who will have to make the hard choices that come with fiscal responsibility. Canada’s national debt today is [...]
A Times & Transcript editorial references AIMS' study "I'll take New England Anyday!", counseling against subsidy-based job creation and recommending that hidden tax hikes, like higher gasoline taxes, be avoided. Read the full editorial here. The Gallant government seems to be having its struggles of late attempting to achieve the right tax balance for New [...]
For the past twenty years, the federal government has made prudent fiscal decisions. But now the Trudeau government’s first budget will overspend by 30-billion dollars, and add 118-billion to Canada’s debt over the next six years. The campaign promise to limit the deficit to 10-billion and balance the budget in four years has [...]
In a story by the Telegraph-Journal's John Chilibeck, John Williamson argues against further subsidies to higher education. On the issue, Williamson doubts that governments "are prepared to cut in one area to hand more money to universities, particularly when the biggest beneficiaries of a university education are the students themselves." FREDERICTON • New Brunswick’s dismal [...]
In New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal, AIMS Vice-President of Research John Williamson evaluates the 2016 federal budget. Given Canada’s relative economic health, it is hard to comprehend the decision by the federal government to plunge the country into permanent deficits that will be difficult to eliminate without spending cuts or tax increases. Canada’s enviable fiscal position – [...]
AIMS author Jackson Doughart was a guest on the Ezra Levant show on March 26, 2016. He discussed his article "How we can save journalism: Rein in the CBC," which appeared in the Financial Post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kYx6z1Xtbw Full episode on TheRebel.Media.
By Bill Curry Last fall’s Liberal Party election platform is an obvious guide as to what the budget will contain. But much has changed since Oct. 19. Economists have repeatedly lowered their forecasts for economic growth and, as a result, the size of next year’s federal deficit is now expected to be three times as [...]
AIMS' research associate Jackson Doughart argues against subsidies to newspapers, and calls on the CBC to cease distorting the news market.
By JOHN CHILIBECK Legislature Bureau Cutting corporate taxes to zero and eliminating all business subsidies are just some of the extreme ideas being floated to address New Brunswick’s bleak job situation. Statistics Canada’s latest labour market survey, released Friday, showed the province lost 5,700 jobs in February, most of them full-time. The number of people [...]
Mr. Chairman and Members of the House of Commons Finance Committee, I am pleased to be here on behalf of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies to offer our viewpoint to you. There are, of course, many challenges facing the new government and, indeed, the government will want to act on them. We all understand [...]