November 2016
P.E.I.’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 93 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Prince Edward Island has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the third-largest public sector in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. [...]
Nova Scotia’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 101 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Nova Scotia has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the second-largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. Since 1997, Nova [...]
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 109 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, NL has one of the largest public sectors in Canada, and the largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. The Atlantic average [...]
Radio: Measuring Austerity in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is experiencing fiscal challenges, with limited revenues and high spending by provincial governments. Unfortunately, many critics believe that minor spending cuts amount to austerity measures. This is false. European countries like [...]
More needs to be done to trim public service: AIMS
News article quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie • Chronicle Herald, 23 November 2016 More needs to be done to trim the provincial public service, says the author of a new report. The Atlantic Institute for [...]
Jackson Doughart on CBC Maritime Noon: Size and Cost of the Public Sector
On Nov. 24, 2016, AIMS Policy Analyst Jackson Doughart was a guest of CBC Radio's "Maritime Noon" program. Host Norma Lee MacLeod interviewed him about AIMS's study "The Size and Cost of [...]