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Where entrepreneurs rule-AIMS in Toronto Star

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 March 17th, 2004|In the Media|

When you gather up all the evidence, you can make a strong case for Atlantic Canadians being superior entrepreneurs. In this article in the March 17, 2004 Toronto Star, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley says the success of Atlantic Canada entrepreneurs is particularly impressive because of special hurdles facing business in this region, not the least of which is government's damaging efforts to "help". According to many opinion leaders the image of Atlantic Canada as a region that lacks initiative is dead wrong.

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Safe Salmon: Misinformation may be hazardous to your health

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 March 14th, 2004|In the Media|

Farmed salmon is safe. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has repeatedly said so, Health Canada promotes it as a healthy form of protein, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration it is an excellent source of those Omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins and proteins and Britain's Food Standards Agency says there is evidence that eating salmon reduces the risk of death from heart attacks. So why is it being removed from some supermarkets? Recently, media reports citing a study that says farmed salmon contains higher levels chemicals than wild salmon are giving people the impression that farmed salmon is bad for you. The study published in Science magazine says the farmed salmon have higher trace levels of PCBs. What the study doesn’t point out is milk, eggs, and meats routinely contain the same or higher trace amounts of PCBs, yet all are quite safe to eat. So why single out farmed salmon? It may have something to do with who helped finance the study in the first place.

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Orimulsion revulsion: AIMS on NB Power’s Coleson Cove fiasco

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 March 10th, 2004|In the Media|

Nothing sums up NB Power’s problems better than the Coleson Cove fiasco. In an effort to reduce its dependence on expensive fuel oil, the utility embarked on a $747-million conversion of Coleson Cove to burn Orimulsion. The vast bulk of the money has already been spent. There is just one tiny little catch. There is only one place you can buy Orimulsion: the state oil company of Venezuela. And while it has not always been the case, these days Venezuela is a synonym for “unstable banana republic.” The country teeters on the brink of civil unrest and authoritarian rule by a military strongman. Risky? You bet. Find out just how risky, and the price New Brunswickers paid when the risk went wrong,

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Parable of the Noon Gun: What’s urban planning really for?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 March 10th, 2004|In the Media|

There’s a famous story about a factory where, every day, a gun was fired from the main administrative building signalling that it was time for lunch. A management consultant asked the man who fired the gun how he knew when it was actually noontime. He said that he was guided by the town clock, visible out his window at the town hall across the road. The consultant went across the road and asked the town manager how he knew his clock gave the right time. “It’s always right by the noon gun” was the reply. In other words, none of the so-called “experts” actually knew what time it was at all. But they were convinced that because they only listened to each other’s unfounded prejudices they must be right. This parable is strangely applicable to the HRM and their current campaign against so-called “urban sprawl”.

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Testing the testers; What educational establishment still won’t tell you

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 March 5th, 2004|In the Media|

Nova Scotia's Minister of Education, Jamie Muir, released the third annual Minister's Report to Parents in late February. The good news? We didn't get any worse. According to the minister, we spent almost $1,900 more per student this year than in 1997-98. That's a lot of money just to prevent things from getting worse. In this commentary in the the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Charles Cirtwill asks, if we are spending that extra money, where is it going and is it going where it is needed?

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Media responds quickly to AIMS second Report Card

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 March 3rd, 2004|In the Media|

Following the release of AIMS first Report Card in 2003, anticipation was high for the second edition. Media outlets across the region were quick to get response from educators, students and education departments. Here is a sampling of the coverage.

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Responsabiliser les malades: Une innovation qui marche

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-02-29T00:00:00+00:00 February 29th, 2004|In the Media|

Nous disposons maintenant de preuves montrant que les malades sont parfaitement capables de décider quels sont leurs propres intérêts et de prendre des décisions éclairées sur la façon de dépenser l'argent qui leur est alloué pour leurs soins. Ces preuves sont fournies par une expérience innovatrice appelée Cash and Counselling (C&C- qu'on pourrait traduire par du Comptant et des Conseils) et menée dans le cadre du programme Medicaid en Arkansas, en Floride et au New Jersey. Le C&C est un " projet de démonstration " spécial qui consiste à faire exactement cela. Et il connaît un succès extraordinaire; les gens font la queue pour y participer là où il existe et des programmes semblables sont mis en oeuvre dans d'autres États pour répondre à la demande

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Snow Daze: If HRM can’t keep its streets open, what’s it good for?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-02-25T00:00:00+00:00 February 25th, 2004|In the Media|

According to AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley, writing in the Halifax Herald, “snowstorms can be powerful politically because they focus attention on something everybody understands: cities keep the streets open and people are harmed and angered when they can’t get where they need to go. Scent and lawn chemical bans, long debates about whether cats should be leashed and absurd foot-dragging on cleaning up the hurricane damage in Point Pleasant Park merely leave most people bemused. But no one is unaffected when overnight your street is turned into an impassable bog and remains that way for day. Both the Chronicle Herald and Times & Transcript versions are included.

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Cash and Counselling: Empowering healthcare

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 February 11th, 2004|In the Media|

Facing spiralling healthcare costs, the some states are embracing a program called “Cash and Counselling”. The premise is simple, but the effect is profound. The idea is to give certain Medicaid beneficiaries a cash allowance with which to purchase needed services and let people make choices about how to spend their healthcare dollars wisely. No one is forced into this program. Not everyone wants these responsibilities. But for those who choose to use it, the program is wildly popular and an unqualified success

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Scientific Consensus: The first refuge of scoundrels

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 January 28th, 2004|In the Media|

True science is not about committing to any particular outcome or set of results. It is not about proving global warming or the safety of genetically engineered foods. It is about a commitment to using scientific method to determine what is true. That means being committed to whatever results the method produces, regardless of the popularity of those results. When Galileo set out to determine if the earth was indeed not the centre of the universe, he was met head on with a “scientific consensus” of the day that vehemently said otherwise. 400 years, and presumably some enlightenment later, the argument of “scientific consensus” continues to be trotted out when the result of scientific study proves politically inconvenient. AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that science does not move ahead via consensus and that scientific innovation almost always has to struggle against those with a vested interest in things staying just the way they are.

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