Alberta could be Hamm’s ally
Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm has taken his 'Campaign for Fairness' to Ottawa, where he is calling for a better deal for the province on equalisation and natural resource revenues, among other things. But according to AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley and Alberta commentator Ken Boessenkool, Premier Hamm is neglecting the potential for collaboration on these issues with other provinces, such as oil-rich Alberta. In this National Post op-ed piece, Boessenkool and Crowley lay out a strategy for dealing with natural resource revenues that would strengthen all the provinces, while helping equalisation-receiving provinces off dependence on federal transfers. Publication: NP, 9 February 2001
Retreat from Growth
Shortlisted by the Donner Canadian Foundation, Retreat from Growth analyses the effects of 40 years of massive transfers and other forms of government intervention designed to close the disparity gap between Atlantic Canada and the rest of the country.
Public and policymakers ill-served by media portrayal of complex scientific debates such as aquaculture: Expert
How to Farm the Seas II: The Science, Economics and Politics of Aquaculture
Three Views of Atlantic Canada’s Future
In the December edition of Policy Options magazine, the cover story was the future of Atlantic Canada. Editor William Watson interviewed AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley, as well as APEC President Elizabeth Beale and MUN economist Wade Locke on their policy prescriptions for the region.
Don’t be railroaded on issue of urban transit
ACCORDING to the HRM's new mayor, Peter Kelly, using existing rail lines to create a light rail transit system is the way of the future. Even though ridership today would be extremely low, he argues that now is the time to build. As people realize the joys of light rail transit, in his view, they will progressively abandon their cars. A line to Bedford will, in a few years' time, be a godsend, as the traffic on the Bedford Highway, for example, becomes even more unbearable. If the mayor's assumptions about light rail were correct, the picture he paints of the future of urban transit would be an attractive one. But, alas, he has his facts quite wrong, and his vision of an urban transit idyll is, in fact, a costly and inefficient nightmare. Publication: CHH, December 20, 2000
How not to defend Canada’s interests in the US
At a speech on his first foreign foray since the election, Mr. Chretien made not one, not two, but three blunders, according to AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley. The Prime Minister damaged Canada's interests, risked harming our relations with our biggest trading partner and ally, and displayed a stunning ignorance of current American politics.
AIMS On-Line for early December 2000
Here is a brief overview of just some of AIMS' activities and publications early December 2000
How Politics and the Economy Affect Risk Management and Ethics in Health Care
AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley addressed the Nova Scotia Association for Quality in Health Care describing the significant impact political and economic considerations have on the central decisions about the design and delivery of health care in Canada.
Health care debate, heal thyself
AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley questions the quality of the health care debate during the federal election campaign. At a time when all the indicators show us a medicare system with unsustainable patterns of spending growth, and new trends are about to hit that will force up spending again, the federal party leaders are still insisting on focussing the debate on side issues like whether people are queue jumping or where party leaders have got their health care. Publication: CHH, November 22, 2000
Getting welfare to work in Nova Scotia
Premier John Hamm created a stir in the provincial legislature recently when he said that the welfare system should never make people better off than people who are working. AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that the evidence supports the Premier's position, so why isn't his government being firmer in its welfare reform plans? Publication: CHH, November 8, 2000