Special Report on Education
The ninth annual AIMS Atlantic Canadian High School Report Card tackles the question: How to make progress? View three op-eds on the topic by AIMS staff and contributors.
Monica Townson: Finance Ministers bungled pension reform when they chose PRPPs over Big CPP
Harry Koza's AIMS' Commentary, "Doin' the PRPP Walk" is contrasted with a CCPA report which prefers a mandatory, government Big CPP.
Nova Scotia health care system weakest link
This article references an op-ed by AIMS Health Policy Fellow David Zitner regarding the secrecy in Nova Scotia's public healthcare system.
Public policy in Nova Scotia must put people first
AIMS Director of Research Don McIver argues that a sensible expansion policy should seek to achieve comprehensive education and skills development for all Nova Scotians — including our frequently disadvantaged communities.
Campbell named to AIMS board
Mount Allison University president and vice-chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell has been named to the Atlantic Institute For Market Studies board of directors.
Regional development agencies under fire
Regional Development Authorities are failing to improve the economies of their target regions, says the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.
NS: Cumberland RDA skewers AIMS report
The executive director of the Cumberland Regional Development Authority (RDA) does not agree with the recommendations in a new AIMS report that recommends the end of RDAs in Nova Scotia, as they have failed to improve the economies of their target regions.
Bridgewater High leaps up AIMS report rankings
No Nova Scotian school has improved as much as Bridgewater High in recent years, according to a recent Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) report.
Study: Government funding bad for business
A new research paper makes the case that government has to stop subsidizing business, and it should start by doing away with regional development authorities.
AIMS director calls for the abolishment of regional development authorities
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies’ director of research Don McIver is calling for an end to Regional Development Authorities in Nova Scotia.