Keynote Speaker - Dr. Garret FitzGerald, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
Special Guest - Governor Angus King, Jr., Former Governor of Maine
Thanking the speakers and bringing congratulations to AIMS - Premier Bernard Lord
(Left to right: AIMS Chairman, David McD. Mann; AIMS Director,
John F. Irving; Special Guest, Governor Angus King; New Brunswick
Premier Bernard Lord; Guest Speaker, Dr. Garret FitzGerald;
and AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley.)
AIMS' 10th Anniversary was celebrated in New Brunswick on Tuesday, May 31st with the Celtic Tiger Dinner. The guest speaker was Dr. Garret FitzGerald, the former Prime Minister of Ireland, who is credited with helping turn around the Irish economy. His topic: "The Celtic Tiger: Ireland and its Lessons for Atlantic Canada."
The event attracted media attention with a front page story in the Telegraph-Journal and an editorial in the same paper later in the week. To read the article about Dr. FitzGerald, click here. To read the editorial, click here.
The Celtic Tiger Dinner also celebrated AIMS' latest international recognition, the Templeton Freedom Award for Institute Excellence. AIMS was the only think tank in North America to receive the Templeton Award this year. It is the fifth international award for AIMS in its 10 year history. AIMS has been awarded the Sir Anthony Fisher Memorial Award four times, no other think tank in the world has received the Fisher more times than AIMS.
To read the notes for Brian Lee Crowley's talk, click here.
To read a transcript of the remarks made by Angus S. King, Jr., former Governor of Maine, click here.
To read the notes for Dr. Garret FitzGerald's presentation, click here.
To read the transcript of New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord's remarks, click here.
To view the evening in pictures, click here.
For brief biographies of the keynote speaker and special guest plus a brief look at AIMS' first ten years and our unmatched international recognition, please click here.
AIMS thanks the following Event Sponsors
And with the assistance of the DELTA BRUNSWICK