Wild budget swings
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AIMS Aide À Former Les Discussions Sur La Politique Publique
Les papiers de recherche et les livres publiés par l'institut jouent un rôle important
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AIMS at forefront of regional discussions
The Demise of Devco
The demise of Devco is the best news to hit Nova Scotia and Cape Breton for years. And, if Ottawa lives up to its implicit commitment to Devco workers, it's great news for coal miners too. Fred McMahon in the Times and Transcript and the halifax Daily News, 1999.
Canada’s limited policy agenda
Fred McMahon looks at President Clinton's State of the Union speech and its implications for education reform.
Expert to Speak on Charter Schools (NB)
John McCarthy in Fredericton and Saint John
Expert to Speak on Charter Schools (NS)
John McCarthy visits Pictou
The tragedy of Africville
Fred McMahon examines the expropriation of community property in Africville and how Canada Canada's charter of Rights and Freedoms was explicitly designed to exclude property rights.
Keystone Kops
Fred McMahon on several example of how police may have overstepped their authority suppressing legitimate freedom of expression.
Time to close Devco
The nationalized Cape Breton coal mines, a Trudeau-era relic, seem more and more like a Russian relic from the Soviet era. They are dirty, big, out-moded and there's not enough money left in the till to make next month's payroll, despite billions in subsidies. Fred McMahon in the National Post, 1998