In the first step in AIMS' Municipal Report Card project, "Having Your Say" is an interim report for New Brunswick municipalities. It provides information on how municipalities spend our tax dollars, and invites New Brunswickers to comment. The final report with grades and ranks will be published later this year.
The Telegraph Journal examines Saint John's results from the New Brunswick Interim Municipal Report. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill is not surprised that the province's largest city has the highest cost for police services per capita, but indicates that the real question is how well the city is policed.
Reporters called on AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill to make sense of a report on the economic future of Saint John.
AIMS founding President Brian Lee Crowley was the keynote speaker at one of the founding meetings of Citizens for Halifax. His talk prompted debate on de-amalgamation.
Welcome AIMS's newest Senior Fellow, David MacKinnon, and learn what he has to say about killing the Golden Goose through equalization. Population change, equalization and property tax are just some of the topics in this edition.
In a follow up to AIMS' announcement of a municipal report card for New Brunswick, officials with the city of Fredericton explained they want to meet with AIMS to discuss the topic before submitting any information.
This editorial in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal supports AIMS' plan to produce a municipal report card. It points out that such measures are needed to determine which practices produce the best results and whether our tax dollars are well spent.
News that AIMS is preparing a municipal report card in New Brunswick generated front page stories across the province. AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says the report card is about trying to find the best practices in the municipal environment that allows people to get better value for their money.
New Partnership allows AIMS to expand newest Report Card effort to New Brunswick
A paper published by AIMS on municipal taxation took centre stage at Halifax City Hall. The report by Harry Kitchen says the city needs to depend less on property tax and more on other forms of revenue.