January 2018
Ontario’s Minimum Wage Gamble
AIMS Senior Fellow Sylvain Charlebois was quoted in an article in the Epoch Times discussing wage and labour in light of the minimum wage hike in Ontario. Read in full here
A promising opportunity for Atlantic Canada
Media Release A promising opportunity for Atlantic Canada: On-shore gas can unlock much needed prosperity Halifax - 10 January 2018: Reports surfaced this week that the Province of Nova Scotia's internal estimates value its on-shore natural [...]
Taxing Meat
By Sylvain Charlebois (AIMS Senior Fellow) The idea of having to pay a sin tax for environmentally detrimental foods seems to be gaining more support. For some, eating meat is considered a sin, and therefore [...]
December 2017
Blockchain, Agrifood’s New Uber?
By SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) There has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next economic revolution [...]
Repair regional relations in Canada before it’s too late
By ROBERT ROACH (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 17 December 2017 Canada is a big and diverse place. People, power, economic opportunities, public policy priorities, language and cultural nuances are not evenly spread from sea [...]
The Silent Crisis
By David Zitner (AIMS Senior Fellow) and Dominic Covvey (AIMS Author) Airplane crashes are broadcast widely and become infamous. Consequently, industry was compelled to make substantial improvements to airplanes, their instrumentation, the training of pilots and [...]