May 2017
Radio: P3 Schools
Since the mid-1990s, Nova Scotia's government has made good use of public-private partnerships, or P3s, for school construction. Unfortunately, the record of these projects has been poorly understood, with some groups advocating [...]
Budget puts Island on good fiscal path
By ALEX WHALEN (Operations Manager) The Journal-Pioneer, 11 May 2017 Troy Media, 12 May 2017 Charlottetown Guardian, 13 May 2017 The P.E.I. government unveiled its 2017 budget in April, including a rare projection: a balanced budget. In the [...]
P3 schools more successful than imagined, says new study
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today published a policy study about procurement for public school construction. With recent public controversy about "queue jumping" Nova Scotia school construction, the paper provides [...]
Reinventing the Building of Schools
The Real Legacy of Public-Private-Partnership (P3) Schools in Nova Scotia Reinventing the Building of Schools revisits the history of public-private partnerships for school construction. Though the province's experience with P3's since the mid-1990s has been [...]
Quantum – What?
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Chairman) • Atlantic Business Magazine, 9 May 2017 Quantum computing. The term has not yet entered the mainstream of everyday prose. If you’re anything like me, you are probably only vaguely [...]
Radio: Shifting to Milk Markets
Canada's dairy industry has become controversial of late. The US President characterizes Canadian protectionism in milk products as unfair to American dairy farmers. Mr. Trump has a point. Supply management, the complex system [...]