August 2016
Atlantic Canada should not be stripped of Supreme Court seat
AIMS Operations Manager Alex Whalen, a graduate of the Dalhousie law school, discusses changes to the Supreme Court appointment process. He bemoans that Atlantic Canada is losing its convention of one guaranteed seat on the [...]
Trump’s business experience actually makes him really dangerous to the economy
In his Financial Post column, AIMS Research Fellow Patrick Luciani debunks the notion that experience in business portends well for executive political power. For instance, Donald Trump's business success in gambling and real estate industries [...]
Radio: CPP Reform Effect on Workers
Annual benefits from the Canada Pension Plan will rise by as much as $4,500. To finance this expansion, Ottawa and provincial governments have decided to increase payroll taxes. Workers and employers already pay [...]
HST increase outweighs spending cuts 5 to 1
AIMS Vice President of Research John Williamson responds to New Brunswick's Treasury Board Minister Roger Melanson about spending and deficits: "So long as New Brunswick continues to tax and spend the government will not balance [...]
July 2016
Samuel Cunard Prize awarded to John Risley
Cunard, along with the Canadian Maritime Heritage Foundation and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, will award the second annual Samuel Cunard Prize for Vision, Courage and Creativity to John Risley, President of Clearwater Fine [...]
Bus Rapid Transit is key to Halifax’s infrastructure reform
In The Coast, AIMS's Mannkal Intern Ryan Scarth discusses transit reform in Halifax, proposing that the city implement a Bus Rapid Transit system in lieu of a commuter rail line from Beaverbank to Downtown. This [...]