All regions share a national disgrace
A lot of Maritimers would tell you that we don’t have the "Indian problem" that seems, to our eyes, endemic in the West. Don Cayo doesn't agree. We don’t have, he argues, as visible a problem. But we have woes that, though different from those in the West, are all too real.
Searching for New Ways
Frank McKenna Presents a Vision for Atlantic Canada's Future
When mistakes are made why not learn from them?
What happens when a politician admits a mistake? Don Cayo on the case of New brunswick Justice Minister James Lockyer and public private partnerships.
The perils of dependence
The Maritimes have been poor for a long time, but not forever. And a lot of our latter-day woes are policy-driven. It was the result of not only our own greed and stupidity, but also much that was imposed on us by our friends on Parliament Hill. Don Cayo on regional development.
We need to debate ideas, not just jettison them
Don Cayo responds to Senator Gerald Comeau's dismissal of the idea of Individual Tranferable Quota's in the fishery.
Logging ruling could spark a truly just settlement
In 1997, AIMS president Don Cayo examines the Supreme Court ruling on aboriginal rights to log on crown lands.
A vibrant city builds wealth
Jane Jacobs sees the healthy city, not the nation or the region, as the driver of prosperity in every society throughout history and around the world. Don Cayo on the elderly impish iconoclast whose thinking sets on its ear old wisdoms in city planning, economics, and moral philosophy.
Getting It Right:
We need open and forthright debate on Atlantic Canada's Economic Future
Will the ‘McKenna Miracle’ have legs?
Don Cayo reflects on the legacy of Frank McKenna as New Brunswick's premier.
Atlantic Canada: A Vision for the Future
Former New Brunswick premier Frank Mckenna's address to the Atlantic Vision Conference of Atlantic Canadian Premiers, 9 October 1997, Moncton, N.B. In his introduction Mr. McKenna says, " Atlantic Canada is a region of entrepreneurs and high quality educational institutions. It is also a region of emerging technology. These are powerful components that can create the explosive mixture necessary to sustain growth to a self-supporting level."