News article mentioning the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey • CBC P.E.I., 23 January 2017 A new international affordable housing index released Monday by the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies contains good news for Atlantic Canada. The study found that the top three most affordable cities for housing in Canada are in New [...]
The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017 is published in collaboration with the Demographia group in Illinois, USA and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy in Winnipeg. Authors Wendell Cox and Hugh Pavletich explain that many "best city" surveys do not include housing affordability in their calculations. This oversight is particularly relevant [...]
On Jan. 13, 2017, AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie joined Sheldon MacLeod on News 95.7 to discuss supply management in the Canadian dairy industry.
By ALEX WHALEN (AIMS Operations Manager) • Journal-Pioneer, 21 December 2016 Alex Whalen discusses the recent revelations of P.E.I.'s e-gaming scandal and the audit of Atlantic Lottery. He concludes that with such disregard for taxpayer dollars, it is time for governments to divest from the gambling business. P.E.I.'s e-gaming scandal and the recent audit of [...]
By JOHN WILLIAMSON (Vice President of Research) • Troy Media, 04 Oct 2016 Governments and public servants are lousy at picking market winners and losers. In the case of the beer industry, consumers can get the job done. Corporate welfare isn’t economic development, it just diverts money from successful businesses to less successful but politically [...]
By JOSEPH QUESNEL (Research Fellow) • National Post, 03 Oct 2016 AIMS Research Fellow Joseph Quesnel discusses the success story of Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton, which has prospered by keeping its land holdings in the free market. By choosing not to convert their holdings to reserve status, the Nation has kept its land [...]
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today released a report examining e-government services offered by the four provinces in Atlantic Canada. The study, entitled e-Government in the Atlantic Provinces: Review and Future Trends, assessed the delivery of 31 e-government services. Overall, Nova Scotia ranked first, followed by New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and [...]
By JOHN WILLIAMSON (Vice President of Research) 02 Sep 2016 Lower beer prices from New Brunswick Liquor have produced greater sales. This is how markets work, and not just for alcohol purchases. When government taxes investment highly, it suppresses investment overall. Accordingly, governments could spur economic growth by lowering taxes. Read this article on the [...]
By ALEX WHALEN (Operations Manager) and JACKSON DOUGHART (Policy Analyst) 31 Aug 2016 Prince Edward Island Premier Wade Maclauchlan should be commended for his stance on internal trade barriers. After a premiers' meeting in Whitehorse, he argued against the negative list concept and advocated that all province move to a standard regulatory regime. This article [...]
On Aug 22, 2016, AIMS Vice President of Research John Williamson was a guest on News 95.7's Sheldon McLeod Show, where he discussed the proposal to exempt consumption taxes on online purchases from foreign retailers under $200.