AIMS // Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

Property tax reform advocates team up for change, PEI Electricity Policy: A Review of the PEI Energy Commission Report, Turning the tide: preparing Atlantic Canada for the challenges ahead, AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill to speak at Manning Centre Networking Conference, Taxes won't fix obesity, Find revenue in cuts, not taxes

AIMS invites you to an interactive discussion on the future of Halifax.

Tony Bislimi explains how the education establishment embellishes international results. Michael Zwaagstra's ten-part series on education is featured on AIMS blog Straight Talk! AIMS Communications Officer Paige T. MacPherson criticizes 'equal opportunity' hiring policies in Canadian politics in AIMS blog post "Thank you sir, but I don't need your seat." Bill Black explains how Haligonians can reduce their commute.

Governance in Health Care, AIMS Op-Ed: When it comes to biking, Canada isn’t Europe, Municipal taxation: Consensus grows on need for reform, Property Taxes are Flawed: A Proposed Municipal Income Tax System, MP Scott Brison- The future of Atlantic Canada: A New East Partnership, Equalize People, Not Provinces

Nova Scotia Universities: Constrain or Release? The special AIMS Luncheon with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is now 75% sold out. Less Government, not Less Governments. Home of the Brave? National Coalition launched to offer alternatives to transfers. Introducing AIMS Summer Policy Intern, Alanna Newman. AIMS in the Media.

Take in AIMS' event with Tom Flanagan, author of "Beyond the Indian Act".

From liberty to manias to municipalities, there's a little bit of something for everyone in this Beacon.

In this edition of The Beacon, AIMS releases the first step in its new Municipal Report Card project.

This edition of the Beacon explores issues ranging from urban development to the Atlantic Gateway to education.

AIMS’ 2nd Annual Nova Scotia Municipal Report Card is released. A proposal by AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill for Prince Edward Island to uphold its confederation promises- and expand Provincial free trade with the West. Why small provinces and states like Maine need big business- and soon. AIMS Director of Research Don McIver suggests that Federal government goodwill initiatives may very well have acted in the opposite in retrospect to 1867. Perry Newman, AIMS Board member and President of Atlantica Group LLC recalls the tale of the brave Terry Fox in-lieu of his mother, Betty Fox’s passing. Based on a convocation speech delivered to Kingsview Academy in Halifax, AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill offers some words of wisdom about the future of our society

Energy issues, election fall-out, and opinion piece dominate this issue.

Check this edition of The Beacon for links to AIMS' first National Municipal Performance Report as featured in Maclean's magazine.

From municipal performance to fiscal policy to health care, this Beacon highlights AIMS most recent work regionally, nationally and internationally.

Welcome AIMS's newest Senior Fellow, David MacKinnon, and learn what he has to say about killing the Golden Goose through equalization. Population change, equalization and property tax are just some of the topics in this edition.

Learn the three Cs of municipal government, hear the three reasons why Canada should be in Afghanistan and examine whether some family businesses are more equal than others.

Read about Atlantica in the Globe and Mail; learn about the history of public sector unions in Canada; listen in on remarks to Canada's senior bureaucrats - all this and more in this edition of The Beacon.

Urban Chic, Plugging Atlantica into the Emerging Global Network, Social Policy and the New Economy, David Zitner on Health Care Innovation and more.

This edition of the Beacon takes a look at the Atlantic fishery, private health care delivery and the benefits of Atlantica.

From the fishery - to education - to pharmacare policy, this edition of The Beacon examines public policy for a number of issues.

In this issue of The Beacon, AIMS pays tribute to one of its founding fathers, J.W.E. (Bill) Mingo. There's more news out of Ontario about equalization, from Newfoundland Peter Fenwick talks about emigration and read a Commentary on the dysfunctional rules that make short sea shipping dificult in North America.