On May 31st, Dr. Garret FitzGerald, former Prime Minister of Ireland, spoke to the AIMS 10th anniversary dinner in Saint John, New Brunswick. The Telegraph-Journal used part of his remarks for this opinion piece a couple of days later.
AIMS' 10th anniversary celebrations in New Brunswick with the Celtic Tiger Dinner continued to attract attention days after the event. The message delivered by the former Prime Minister of Ireland, Dr. Garret FitzGerald, at the AIMS' dinner was used as the basis for this editorial in the Telkegraph-Journal.
The Baby Boomers have changed buying habits throughout their lives. As they age, health care will be no different. In this article, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains how the ageing population, technology, and dollars will change the demands on and deliverables of our health care system.
The former Prime Minister of Ireland, Dr. Garret FitzGerald, made front page news when he arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick to speak at the AIMS' 10th anniversary dinner on May 31st. In a lengthy interview with Telegraph-Journal reporter Sarah McGinnis, Dr. FitzGerald recounted the road to prosperity for the Irish economy.
When the New Brunswick government gave Moosehead Breweries $75,000 for including scenes of the province in its advertising, the media turned to AIMS for comment. The institute's Director of Research Services, Bruce Winchester, pointed out the 'gift' gives the beer-maker an unfair advantage over other businesses. He said such subsidies distort the marketplace.
The US Congress is once again considering authorization of the re-importation of pharmaceuticals from Canada. As AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Brian Ferguson explains in a commentary in the National Post, such a solution to the US pharmaceutical woes is a dream cop-out for politicians.
Universities need to prepare for a brave new world, where students are international and the post-secondary education market is global. In this commentary, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley warns that ignoring the signs will make today's brick and mortar institutions irrelevent.
Le problème qui survient lorsque votre réputation se gâte, c'est qu'une fois que les gens ont découvert qu'ils ne peuvent pas se fier à votre parole, lorsqu'ils se sont rendu compte que vous seul comptez à vos propres yeux et que vous n'accordez jamais d'importance aux autres, ils cessent de s'intéresser à vous. Et puis, même si vous vous amendez, il faut beaucoup de temps pour que quelqu'un s'en aperçoive. À l'heure actuelle, deux provinces canadiennes illustrent combien le climat d'investissement peut se détériorer rapidement et combien il faut de temps pour s'en remettre.
In a commentary in the Chronicle-Herald and the Times-Transcript, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley takes a look at how Atlantic Canada has spoiled its reputation within the oil and gas industry. And it's going to take a long time to rebuild it.
Preparing for the new reality of the post-panamax world. This article in "Traffic World" provides insight of why ports along the Atlantic Seaboard are in a position to benefit from the emerging trends in major shipping routes.