November 2017
Marco Navarro-Génie Mentioned in Report on Conference
AIMS' President and CEO was mentioned for his appearance on the Atlantic Cannabis Forum's economic impact panel. The conference, hosted in Sydney, is "intended to appeal to businesses, legislators, regulators, public health and safety authorities [...]
October 2017
Proposed New Brunswick Model Risks Benefits of Cannabis Legalization
By PATRICK WEBBER (AIMS Research Associate) New Brunswick’s government recently announced that NB Liquor will oversee the sale of recreational marijuana in the province when legalization comes into effect next year. At the press conference [...]
The Pursuit of Convenience
>The Record, 31 October 2017 by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Food inflation continues to be an illusion in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, food prices have dropped once again over the last month, by [...]
Canada needs a frank discussion about resources
by KEN HUGHES The Globe and Mail, 6 October 2017 As Canadians, let's be honest with each other. After TransCanada announced Thursday that the Energy East Pipeline is dead, we need – now more than [...]
NAFTA’s potential end is Canada’s greatly needed wake-up call
by SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Despite Canada’s optimism, NAFTA talks seem to be heading nowhere. Wanting to push back on Mexico’s influence over the American economy, Washington now is indicating that the bilateral option [...]
Province’s financial house is still in disarray
The Telegram, 17 October 2017 By Ed Hollett (AIMS Senior Research Fellow) Reports by the province’s Auditor General and the federal Parliamentary Budget Officer are reminders that the provincial government continues to face a serious [...]