We need to save for the future now
Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Brian Peckford, writing for AIMS, with Research Associate Jeff Collins examine NL's debt to resources predicament.
Supply management alive and well under Trans-Pacific trade deal
Jackson Doughart laments the absence of debate about supply management in Canada leading to and after signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Supply management alive and well under Trans-Pacific trade deal
In the recent Munk Debate on foreign policy, all three leaders of the major federal parties rushed to support the status quo on supply management, even though the system penalizes consumers. And in an election with so much sloganeering about household economics and the middle class, surely the manufactured price inflation of universal food staples [...]
The Case for Innovating Registry Service Delivery
AIMS author Meredith McDonald analyses provincial experiences with registry services in Canada and suggests that they are good road map for Newfoundland and Labrador to follow.
The Road Ahead: Options for Reforming Registry Service Delivery
In her report, The Road Ahead: Options for Reforming Registry Service Delivery, commissioned by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), Meredith McDonald analyses provincial experiences with registry services in Canada.
Distractions are Sometimes Good for Learning
AIMS Education Fellow Michael Zwaagstra tackles the issue of classroom distractions in the learning process.
Atlantic Canada, Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal base
The electoral influence of Atlantic Canada has been diluted with the addition of 30 seats to the House of Commons because none of them will be in the Atlantic region.
Undergraduate Teaching Needs to Improve
For undergraduate education to improve, universities will have to prioritize teaching undergraduate students, says AIMS Fellow Rodney Clifton.
Medicare: Health Insurance or Political Asset?
People who can afford it should be encouraged to pay some of the cost of their own inexpensive care.
A simple fact rules liquor sales: competition reduces prices
Wensveen and Navarro-Genie illustrate how when New Brunswick's NBLC went into the beer brewing business, it was unable to change the fundamental structure of how consumer tastes and prices work in the market.