AIMS // Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

This gives you the background and reference material for AIMS' National Municipal Performance Report.

Learn how efficient and effective New Brunswick municipalities are at providing services at a reasonable cost to residents.

Based on remarks to Citizens for Halifax, this Commentary provides direction for all municipal governments.

Competition, cooperation and 'ccountability are the "three 'C's" of good local government.

AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy questions a recent study that claims creative cities encourage growth. He suggests instead tax cuts and education are a better option.

Commentary based on remarks to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association examines how local government can be made more relevant, accountable, and competitive.

AIMS first annual performance report grades municipalities in Nova Scotia on how efficiently and effectively they provide service to residents.

AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy Patrick Luciani challenges the theory that municipal growth is driven by creative citizens.

You're stuck in traffic, trying to get home and you think - there has to be a better way. AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy says in fact there is.

Conference Board of Canada study another attempt to justify more tax dollars to big cities.

Emigration is a hot issue in rural communities around Atlantic Canada. Many a politician has fought an election on promises to bring the emigrants home. In this Commentary, Peter Fenwick, AIMS Fellow with responsibility for Fisheries and Issues in Newfoundland, takes a closer look at this philosophy.