Technicolour Dreams and a Cold Splash of Reality: Waking up to the labour shortage and what to do about it.
This Commentary on the existing labour shortage is based on remarks delivered to the Nova Scotia Trucking Human Resource Sector Council.
The Beacon, 31 May 2007
This special edition of The Beacon focuses on an AIMS Breakfast Briefing explaining the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) signed between British Columbia and Alberta.
North American ‘amero’ idea panned in N.B.
AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro weighs in on the North American common currency debate in this article from the front page of the Telegraph-Journal business section.
Developing the Atlantic Gateway
AIMS author Mary Brooks is featured in this in-depth interview with the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council from the Halifax Daily News. She underlines the expansive opportunities that would arise from the port of Halifax becoming Canada’s Atlantic gateway.
Opportunity’s knocking at the Gateway
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald sponsored an Atlantic Gateway seminar in Halifax and the message was consistent from most participants. As AIMS has highlighted in extensive research the opportunity is great, but now is the time for action.
Why Afghanistan
AIMS security and defence policy intern Alex Wilner’s work on Canada’s role in Afghanistan is featured in this article from the Atlantic Business Magazine. Wilner’s op/ed, Three Reasons to be in Afghanistan, is referenced by the Honourable John C. Crosbie in his regular column.