Examination of public sector in Western Canada remains necessary

By Marco Navarro-Génie, President and CEO The paper AIMS published last week with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy looked again at public sector workers in Canadian provinces, excluding the federal public service.  The new work placed an emphasis on Western Provinces;  the first one focused on the Atlantic region. The type of reaction to…

Commodity conditions push equalization into uncharted territory

Historical price of oil (WTI) 2007-Present. Source: Marcotrends.net By Marco Navarro-Génie, President and CEO The notion of fairness among Canadians and our beliefs to help one another are going to be tested in the months ahead when some of the implications of the collapse in commodity prices become known. This collapse will have enormous effects…

Interest-Free Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s Finance Minister Diana Whalen announced last week the Liberal government is eliminating the Graduate Retention Rebate, remarking that the program failed to attract, much less retain, newcomers to the province during its five-year tenure. The government intended for it to attract new graduates by offering college- and university-educated individuals $1,250 and $2,500 in…