November 2016
New Brunswick school transportation sputtering
By PAUL BENNETT (AIMS Author) • Troy Media, 22 November 2016 Almost two years after the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) report Education on Wheels was released, New Brunswick decision-makers are still spinning their [...]
There’s no critical thinking without a base of knowledge
By MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA (AIMS Fellow) • Troy Media, 18 November 2016 The recent presidential election campaign was one of the worst in U.S. history. As the two candidates slugged it out, neither showed much interest [...]
Irvin Studin on Radio-Canada: “100 million Canadians?” (in French)
On Nov. 17, 2016 AIMS on Campus guest speaker Irvin Studin spoke to Jean-Albert Maire of Radio-Canada. They discuss Dr. Studin's work on growing Canada's population to 100 million. The interview is [...]
Irvin Studin on CBC New Brunswick: 100-million Canadians?
On Nov. 16, 2016, AIMS on Campus guest speaker Irvin Studin was a guest on CBC New Brunswick's "Shift" program to discuss "Canada: Population 100-million?". This was the subject of his talk [...]
Trouble on the horizon
By JOHN RISLEY (AIMS Chairman) • Atlantic Business Magazine, 24 October 2016 At the time of this writing, the U.S. election results are uncertain. However, whatever the outcome, it is really important we understand our [...]
Structural Weakness Slowed Canada’s Export Recovery, Bank of Canada Says
By KIM MACKRAEL (Wall Street Journal) OTTAWA—The collapse in recent years of global commodity prices exposed structural weaknesses in Canada’s resource-rich economy after it had lost export capacity and market share in the years leading [...]