Are MLA salaries too low?
In this article about MLA's salaries, AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill notes that although salary is an important component of attracting people to run for elected office, the call to public service likely has more impact.
Failed Education Reform? Don’t Blame the Unions
AIMS' report, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" has generated a lot of debate across the country, but some of the message seems to have been lost. In this opinion piece for the National Post Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, and two of the report's co-authors argue that much of the blame for the state of education rests on our heads.
Knowable Now
Knowledge is power and in terms of health care data it could be the power to save lives. Yet regardless of the mountains of information collected in Canadian health care establishments, at a cost of millions per year, little is ever used effectively. This latest background paper from the Canadian Health Care Consensus group examines what could be done.
Knowing that we know naught:
Canadian health care data being buried instead of analyzed
The Beacon, 13 September 2007
This edition of The Beacon focuses on two of the most important policy issue in Canada: education and health care. You will also find information on an upcoming AIMS event and an opinion piece requested from AIMS by the Globe & Mail.
Involve public in education policy
AIMS' paper on teachers' unions entitled, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" continues to generate debate around the country. This editorial from the Times & Transcript is an example. While not agreeing with everything in the AIMS' paper, it does show the paper has people talking about the public policy issue.