If the issue is education, the news media turns to AIMS. In this article in the Daily Gleaner, it's to analyze the provincial government's new Education Plan, which AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill finds long on warm & fuzzy and short on detail.
AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill is highlighted at the top of group of influential guest speakers participating in an economic development conference that aims to boost economic development in Atlantic Canada. This article from the Telegraph Journal examines the conference and its goals.
The New Brunswick government’s long-awaited education plan lacks an explanation of how it plans to make its goals reality. In this front-page article from the Telegraph Journal, AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill points out that research shows that increasing the amount spent on education does not necessarily make a for a better education system.
New Brunswick's Telegraph Journal turned to AIMS for its education expertise when the provincial government announced plans for pre-school education programmes. AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill suggests that the government is overstepping its bounds when it tries to legislate how children are educated before they enter the education system.
Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting President, says that more technology will not necessarily solve New Brunswick’s educational woes. In this article from the Telegraph Journal, Cirtwill comments on the province’s latest education plan. He notes that teachers who are well trained will succeed regardless of the technology they have or do not have.
AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill points out that gambling taxpayer dollars on the ponies is an idea whose time is past. In this article from the front page of the Times and Transcript, Cirtwill notes that government subsidies to struggling industries is a proven no-win proposition.
AIMS offers comment on New Brunswick's new education plan, saying it holds much promise, but the details for achievement are lacking.
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but the fact remains that there is no substitute for the original, as AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill points out in his fortnightly column in the Chronicle Herald. Cirtwill explains why signing on to the established Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA), would be better for the region than a separate Atlantica trade deal.
Ten years ago AIMS sounded the alarm over a pending labour shortage. At the time AIMS suggested that a change in immigration policy would help. It's an issue that has only grown in importance and one which a group of NB businessmen agree needs a solution. AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill provides a few suggetions in this Telegraph-Journal article.
The Telegraph Journal gathered together a group of senior NB executives to talk about the province's health care system. Their anonymous comments were no surprise to AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill. He explained the system needs to embrace publicly funded, but privately delivered health care services.