East Coast out-migration adds to debate on role of gov’t development agencies
For the past 40 years, Ottawa created policies that were designed to "mop up" the excess workers of the baby boom generation. In this article, the second in an outmigration series by The Canadian Press, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley says those policies need to change to address the shrinking labour market.
Dalhousie Launches Gateway Study
Dalhousie University's Centre for International Trade and Transportation has received funding from the province and ACOA for a two year project to study the Atlantic Gateway. Several conferences, working papers and studies are in the plans already for the next year to look at the region's potential to link Asian with North American markets.
CN Exec Mum on Port
There was a lot of interest in what James Foote, CN's executive VP, had to say about the rail business in Eastern Canada at a luncheon hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. CN is the only rail line connecting the Port of Halifax with the rest of North America's rail grid; a crucial mode of transportation in making any port and corridor a success. His talk highlighted some of the challenges the region faces at a time when future trade flows through the Suez Canal from Asia are likely to put additional pressure along East Coast ports and connecting rail services.
Labour shortage looms large on national horizon: Ablonczy
To make her point of a looming labour shortage, Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism Diane Ablonczy uses research by AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley.
No wonder our students can’t read
In this op/ed in The Chronicle Herald, AIMS senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe questions the priorities of the Nova Scotia education system. He suggests mission statements of schools, boards and departments should place an emphasis on academic achievement.
Amalgamation was a bad idea
This article in the Cape Breton Post takes a look at the AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card. It points out that the combined transfer payments from all other levels of government are highest in the three amalgamated municipalities.