It is evident that the minimum wage in New Brunswick is more than keeping pace with inflation and is more substantial in real terms than it was just over a decade ago. Huge jumps in the rate, for instance to $15/hour, would risk employers no longer being able to afford current staff or deter employers from hiring new staff.
(Photo: Sputnik News) By Patrice Deschênes, CD, MDS The United States is, at this very moment, in the middle of a complete review of their missile defence strategy. The Missile Defense Review (MDR) is due to be completed and presented to Congress in January 2018. Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) is a combined area…
By Patrick Webber Research Associate The average New Brunswick worker has seen a noticeable uptick in the amount of real dollars that the provincial government is taxing out of their income in recent years. The chart above displays, in 2016 dollars adjusted for inflation, the amount of revenue from income tax that the New Brunswick…
(DND Headquarters in Ottawa. Photo: CP) By Jeff Collins, Research Associate Ballistic missile tests on the Korean peninsula and Russian deployments of cruise missiles bring nuclear proliferation back into focus. The National Post reports that the federal cabinet has considered Canadian involvement in the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. BMD is a series of…
(Brad Wall. Photo: CBC.ca) Editor’s note: We welcome Amanda Achtman to the Straight Talk blog. Amanda will be contributing from time to time. A graduate of the University of Calgary, she is a regular commentator on Canadian public policy and politics. By Amanda Achtman, AIMS Author What’s a government with a budget deficit to do?…
By Patrick Webber, AIMS Research Associate New Brunswick is often thought of as a rural province, a perception aided by the province being the only one in Atlantic Canada that lacks a single dominant urban area. New Brunswick instead has three major urban areas of comparable population (Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton). However, census data over…
(Photo: Destination Membertou) By Joseph Quesnel, AIMS Fellow Despite all the doom and gloom we often hear about First Nations in Atlantic Canada, there are some good news stories out there. In particular, it may be news to some that there is an approach to improving First Nations that has strong evidence to back it…
(Stanfield International Airport. Photo credit: Nova Scotia Department of Tourism) By Jackson Doughart, Research Coordinator The Globe and Mail reports that the federal government intends to introduce legislation allowing greater foreign ownership in Canada’s airline industry. The announcement comes from the office of Transport Minister Marc Garneau. If the legislation passes, it will increase the…
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