Rules for Oil & Gas
The Newfoundland government should use the KISS rule while playing in the oil and gas field - 'Keep It Stable and Straightforward'. AIMS Fellow Peter Fenwick explains why in this commentary.
‘Fiscal imbalance’ causes nightmares or cures insomnia, but does it exist?
From Commons Committees to Senate hearings, from commentaries to research papers, AIMS was talking about fiscal imbalance before it became the hot topic at the first ministers' table. As this article that appeared in newspapers across the country indicates, political and economic analysts are just now catching up on a topic AIMS brought to the national agenda.
Cape Breton-Victoria School Board Walks the Walk on Openness and Accountability While Counterparts Stall
Other Boards still not honouring Freedom of Information obligations
Pay provinces’ debt, seize the credit cards
Neil Reynolds, National Affairs columnist for the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail uses AIMS' research to examine Canada's equalization program. In this column, Reynolds echoes AIMS' position that equalization actual does more harm than good. He says it's time to cut up the credit cards.
Potential of business parks outlined
A white paper released in Calais, Maine shows what could be in the works to keep goods flowing between the eastern US and Atlantic Canada. This article in the Bangor Daily News explains some of the potential.
Sea of Change in Maritimes
There are some who would suggest long-haul trucking has been the chief competition for short-sea shipping. But now there's talk that the modes of transportation are actually complementary. This article in Today's Trucking examines the trend as it applies to Atlantica.