You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone
In this op/ed in The New York Post, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains the real reason why brand-name drugs cost less in Canada. In reply to an ad campaign by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) urging Congress to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, Crowley explains the reason isn't simply price controls. And he tells Americans to be very careful what they wish for.
Turning Shipwrights into Masons
There was a time when Canada was considered one of the greatest shipbuilding nations in the world. No more. Can it be revived and how can that be done?
Tearing down walls to build ships:
Tariffs have not helped shipbuilding and have hurt shipping.
The Jones Act under NAFTA
In this Research Paper, Dr. Mary Brooks looks at Canada's shipbuilding industry and the damage done to the shipping industry by outdated cabotage legislation in the US and Canada.
Consultant applauds LNG co-operation
In the ongoing LNG debate in Atlantic Canada, one of the most quoted works is AIMS' paper, "Casting a cold eye on LNG: The real possibilities and pitfall for Atlantic Canada". Author Angela Tu-Weissenberger talks about the need for cooperation among the provinces. It's a message she is bringing directly to Saint John as the guest speaker at a city reception this week.