Return of older workers keeps N.B. employment buoyant
People are working in New Brunswick. Employment is at a 30-year high. When the latest statistics were released, the Times & Transcript in Moncton called AIMS to make sense of the numbers.
Please sir, N.B. wants $500M more
This front page article in the Times & Transcript questions the New Brunswick government's plan to be self-sufficient and draws heavily on AIMS expertise and research to show the short-comings of the provincial plan.
Mixed messages from N.B. puzzle business, investors
In the wake of tax hikes and power rate increases, NB Premier Shawn Graham announces a new campaign to rebrand the province as a great place to live and do business. This article in the Times & Transcript asks whether the province is really the land of mixed messages and it turned to AIMS to find out.
Montreal doctor sets up private health referral centre
This article from the National Post discusses the establishment of a new health referral centre in Quebec designed to reduce wait times and improve health care access.
Task Force calls for bigger gov’t: critics
The New Brunswick self-sufficiency task force missed the point with its recommendations for the province, explains AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill in this Telegraph Journal article. He cautions the Graham government about hasty implementation of the recommendations.
Economic concerns expressed over some task force recommendations
AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill explains why New Brunswick will not reach self-sufficiency if the government follows the task force recommendations in this article from the Telegraph-Journal. Cirtwill notes that the government has an opportunity to display its leadership and vision for the province by implementing the effective recommendations and rejecting those that would harm economic growth.