The Beacon, 29 March 2007
Afghanistan, budgets, and the census - this Beacon covers the ABCs of AIMS work.
More immigrants important for province: Chinese businessman
AIMS most recent paper, Give a Plum for a Peach: Chinese business immigration to Atlantic Canada is highlighted in this Halifax Daily news article. It underlines the crucial immigration policy solutions explored in the AIMS paper and their impact on population decline and investment in the region.
N.S. finances worst in region: Report
AIMS most recent paper on provincial finances in Atlantic Canada, Could Do Better 3, is the subject of this Chronicle Herald article. Authors of the paper, AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro and University of New Brunswick professor of economics David Murrell, note that the region as a whole is not performing at the national average and needs to improve.
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AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro was asked for his analysis of the 2007/08 Nova Scotia budget in this Chronicle Herald article. He points out that had the government shown more spending restraint then there would have been an opportunity to offer Nova Scotians some tax relief.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
In this op/ed that appeared in a number of Nova Scotia newspapers, AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro says the provincial government was too timid compiling the NS budget. He says it should have done more to cut its spending so it could cut taxes.
New Brunswick may get failing fiscal grade
AIMS' annual review of the fiscal health of Atlantic Canada made front page news in the Telegraph Journal. Co-author and AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro explains in this article that while New Brunswick was the top performer in the 2006/07 budget there's still lots of room for improvement.
Could Do Better 3
AIMS latest paper, Could Do Better 3: Grading Atlantic Canada's 2006/2007 Provincial Finances, points out that governments have not learned the lessons of spending restraint and fiscal prudence - and taxpayers will be the ones to pay.
Could Do Better 3
Grading Atlantic Canada's 2006/07 Finances
Welcome to the New Nova Scotia
In this op/ed AIMS Acting President Charles Cirtwill gives Nova Scotians some big ideas to think about. He explains that looking to Ottawa for more cash is not the way to the New Nova Scotia promised in the last election.
Ding, Ding, Ding – It’s subsidy season
Talk of ploughing $400 million into the Atlantic Gateway has reached thunderous levels in advance of the Canadian federal budget, but in this op/ed AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill points out that while there's much to do for the Atlantic Gateway, the major items have little to do with money.