August 2017
Changing a rainbow of food groups
By Sylvain Charlebois The new principles Health Canada will use for its next food guide signal a complete revamp of our rainbow of food groups. It appears a plant-based diet will be strongly encouraged. We [...]
Cornwallis and Ryerson: Heroes or Villains?
By GERRY BOWLER (Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy) Frontier Centre for Public Policy, 31 July 2017 How much of a hero do you have to be to warrant a statue? How [...]
Minimum Wage Study (Matthew Lau and Marco Navarro-Génie) quoted in article
An article in The Globe and Mail references AIMS's paper “Revisiting the Minimum Wage in Atlantic Canada.” Co-authors Marco Navarro-Génie and Matthew Lau discuss the issues surrounding the " loss of training opportunities caused by minimum-wage legislation." Read the [...]
July 2017
Higher Minimum wage is bad policy for Atlantic Canada
By Matthew Lau (AIMS Author) and Marco Navarro-Génie (AIMS President) Daily Gleaner, 27 July 2017 Huddle, 27 July 2017 Matthew Lau and Marco Navarro-Génie are co-authors of the AIMS study "Revisiting the Minimum Wage in Atlantic Canada." [...]
Protein Wars
By SYLVAIN CHARLESBOIS (AIMS Senior Fellow) Troy Media, 26 July 2017 Health Canada has recently released the set of principles it intends to adhere to for our next food guide. Health Canada’s message signals a [...]
Radio: Gas Regulation in Nova Scotia (3)
Halifax: Nova Scotia implemented price controls for gasoline in 2006. Policy makers believed that regulation would prevent great price fluctuations. While there are indeed fewer highs and lows than before, gas regulation carries [...]