Everything has a price -- Including internet bandwidth. Without that price system, providers get mixed messages when it comes to things like growing rural infrastructure, or ensuring bandwidth is used efficiently. As AIMS president Marco Navarro-Genie argues, it's no different than usage based pricing of water. Without it we get waste and stagnation that could ultimately culminate into an internet drought.
AIMS Director of Research and Programmes Ben Eisen discusses the Nova Scotia Tax and Regulatory Review authored by Laurel Broten with CCPA Nova Scotia Director Christine Saulnier on CBC Information Morning!
AIMS President and CEO Marco Navarro-Genie discusses gas price regulation in Nova Scotia and argues that "The people who are setting the prices for the regulatory body don't seem to get it all together straight and have consistently added prices that are higher."
AIMS President and CEO Marco Navarro-Genie discusses the ban on hydraulic fracturing in Nova Scotia and argues that it hampers innovation. Instead of outlawing the practice, he suggests looking into ways that would make it environmentally friendly.
Shaun Fantauzzo wrote an excellent opinion piece with the facts and figures about the operation of the PEI Liquor Control Commission. Their 2012-13 annual report said cash transfers and sales tax revenues grew by 3.2 per cent, which represented the best year ever had by the commission.
AIMS policy analyst Shaun Fantauzzo discusses the PEI Liquor Control Commission's (PEILCC) decision to raise the price of liquor sold in private agency stores and argues that it harms consumers, the PEILCC, and provincial government.
AIMS Policy Analyst Shaun Fantauzzo discusses excessive government regulation through the lens of e-cigarette restrictions, arguing that the state should allow individuals to choose their patterns of consumption without unnecessary impediments.
The time has come to wind down Canadian content requirements and foreign ownership restrictions in the communications sector.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2012 Cutting the cord on Canadian content: Protectionism in Canada’s Communications Industries HALIFAX, NS- Canadians are controlled when it comes to how we communicate with one another, how we access information and what kind of information we access. It’s time to limit the federal government’s control, to wind down Canadian [...]
AIMS invites you to join us at a special AIMS Luncheon featuring insights from the Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney.