In this front page story, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains there needs to be more development in Atlantic Canada from Research & Development. He suggests a way to encourage that is to provide tax credits to companies.
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says government needs to change the way it looks at student loans. In this article about the high bad loans rate, he suggests the information should be used to determine where or on what terms to grant loans in the first instance.
Policy changes could help alleviate a growing labour shortage in Atlantic Canada and encourage more people to join the workforce through trades. This op/ed by AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro suggests that one of those changes should be to immigration policy.
The Telegraph-Journal takes a look at the potential population decline in New Brunswick and indications that in the next five years deaths will outpace briths. The newspaper turned to AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill to explain how the decline can be turned around.
The New Brunswick government is offering a $2,000 tuition credit for university students next year as a means of making post-secondary education more affordable. However, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says the program won't really accomplish its goal.
Put away the tin cup! AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill applauds the new premier of New Brunswick in this op/ed that appeared in the National Post. He says more Atlantic Canadian premiers need to get the message that self-sufficiency should be the goal.
Energy experts agree the potential exists for NB Power to export to power-hungry states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut, however, there are also words of caution. AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill suggests that while the idea is a good one, NB Power may not be in the best position to act on it.
History is repeating itself in the Horn of Africa. AIMS Security and Defence Intern Alex Wilner outlines how the recent rise of Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union (ICU) is strikingly similar to the path pursued by the Taliban in its march to power in the 1990s. The danger for Canada, Wilner argues, is that both fundamentalist groups have ties to international terrorism. Might Canadian soldiers head to Somalia in the coming decade?
AIMS Fellow in Public Education Reform is making news in Australia. Given that 75 per cent of Australian voters rate education as very important in determining who gets their vote, it's clear that the politicians will use education as an issue in next year's election. This article in The Australian talks about what needs to be done to improve public education in that country and uses McBeath's work as an example.
In this editorial that appeared in Fredericton's Daily Gleaner, the paper uses a comment from AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill to make the point that it is time to aggressively recruit students for that province's post-secondary institutions.