AIMS // Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

AIMS contributors discuss Healthy Alternatives for our health care system, will Generation Y ever get that special feeling for Atlantic Canada?, Canada's system of regional subsidies has to change, why minimum wage increases are a costly way to make little progress, the importance of immigration, and why big economic players need remedying policies.

Acountability for university funding discussed, and the idea that classrooms should be teacher-centered. AIMS Director of Research Don McIver explains how NS and NB avoid hard choices, and why Canada should give low-tax policies their due. Perry Newman reflects on complacency. AIMS Communications Officer Paige T. MacPherson to represent Atlantic Canada at Cato U.

Join Bill Black at the Halifax Club, where he will discuss demographics in Nova Scotia. Read about Canada's wireless industry, secure and green energy, and multiculturalism.

Is it a violation of an employee's human rights to be forced to be a "member" of a union? That's the question answered at this special AIMS' luncheon with Swedish human rights lawyer Jan Södergren.

Premiers; Growing Up or Growing Restive? Power Pool may be Atlantic Answer, Eye on the Economy - A shrinking private sector is bad news. Economic Action Plan? Just watch him. Open for Business: Creating Wealth Through Better Health. AIMS is Hiring! AIMS in the Media

AIMS Director of Research Don McIver recommends the elimination of MLA pensions in Nova Scotia. MP Stephane Dion discusses the future of Canada's political system. AIMS highlights an FCPP paper on saying goodbye to forced funding of union advertising. Livio Di Matteo assesses the effectiveness of public health programs in Canada. Bill Black chases the jobs, and Don McIver discusses how governments cling to transfer payments.

MP Maxime Bernier visits Halifax, Charles Cirtwill asks which university you'd like to close, and explains Atlantic Canada's history, a Lebanese Success Story is shared, healthcare and government strategy are discussed.

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

This special edition of The Beacon focuses on an AIMS Breakfast Briefing explaining the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) signed between British Columbia and Alberta.