Does Nova Scotia stifle innovation?
Disruptors fear province doesn’t welcome new ideas
Do City Rankings Carry any Real Value?
AIMS Senior Fellow Patrick Luciani discusses whether city rankings carry any real value when considering the wide variety of city ranking lists and their sources.
UNSM Must Find Way Out of Property Tax Box
That’s too bad. Because previous studies by these same experts — Slack and Kitchen — have found that income taxes are a growing replacement for property taxes in other parts of the world, according to a 2012 paper by Juanita Spencer of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. Spencer’s paper was one of three released by AIMS, the then Nova Scotia Chambers of Commerce and the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives when they jointly argued, in February, 2013, that property tax itself needs to be replaced as a way of funding municipalities.
Doorknob Ban Isn’t an Open-and-Shut Solution
AIMS President and CEO Marco Navarro-Genie makes the case that Halifax's proposal to mandate levered handles creates potential risks for children.
AIMS President Marco Navarro-Genie on HRM’s Doorknob Ban
Vancouver’s recently passed legislation outlawing round doorknobs for new construction, favouring protruding levers instead, seems enlightened and compassionate toward those with limited manual dexterity such as the elderly. Coun. Jennifer Watts promises similar enlightenment for Haligonians.
Maritime Morning: AIMS President & CEO on News 95.7 discussing the NS budget
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill and Christine Saulnier from the CCPA-NS chatted about the Nova Scotia provincial budget with Jordi Morgan on News 95.7's Maritime Morning.
The Beacon – April 04
Governance in Health Care, AIMS Op-Ed: When it comes to biking, Canada isn’t Europe, Municipal taxation: Consensus grows on need for reform, Property Taxes are Flawed: A Proposed Municipal Income Tax System, MP Scott Brison- The future of Atlantic Canada: A New East Partnership, Equalize People, Not Provinces
When it comes to biking, Canada isn’t Europe
In this op-ed AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy asks 'Are bike lanes always a good idea and will they deliver what they promise?'
A Proposed Municipal Income Tax System
Video from AIMS, CCPA-NS & NS Chambers discussion on municipal income taxes in Halifax, March 20, 2013.
New Start NS- HRM Taxes
The debate about HRM property taxes makes for interesting theory but avoids some difficult questions. An unlikely trio of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Nova Scotia Chamber of Commerce, and Atlantic Institute for Market Studies has called for some or all of the property-based taxes to be replaced by a provincially administered income tax.