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 [...]
Customs today reports on AIMS' study, "I'll Take New England Any Day!", authored by Mark Milke. The study compares tax regimes in Atlantic Canada with those in New England, our region's closest geographic competitor, with an eye to improving the Atlantic business environment.. You can read the full study here. A new report is calling [...]
Halifax, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today released a report about the differences in major tax rates in Atlantic Canada and New England – our nearest regional competitor – that have an impact on take-home pay, investment, and job creation.
This tax report is authored by Mark Milke, PhD. He analyzes the differences in major tax rates between Atlantic Canada and its nearest regional competitor — the New England states — for investment, jobs, and tax revenues. In general, these six U.S. states have a significant tax advantage on most measurements. As a "road map" [...]
This originally appeared in the National Post. Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna has an idea for revitalizing Atlantic Canada: make new immigrants live there. According to the Canadian Press, Mr. McKenna is suggesting the federal government create a program requiring newcomers to the country to spend three to five years in one or more [...]
Jackson Doughart laments the absence of debate about supply management in Canada leading to and after signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
In the recent Munk Debate on foreign policy, all three leaders of the major federal parties rushed to support the status quo on supply management, even though the system penalizes consumers. And in an election with so much sloganeering about household economics and the middle class, surely the manufactured price inflation of universal food staples [...]
Wensveen and Navarro-Genie illustrate how when New Brunswick's NBLC went into the beer brewing business, it was unable to change the fundamental structure of how consumer tastes and prices work in the market.
Governments in Atlantic Canada have too often opted to throw water on innovation before it’s allowed to catch fire. A case in point is the government of Nova Scotia’s pending decision to regulate Airbnb, the technology platform for bed and breakfasts.
A report commissioned by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and written by Dr. Kevin Milligan, Associate Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, suggests the recommendations of the seven-month-old Broten Review are steps in the right direction in terms of fairness in Nova Scotia`s tax system.