The Beacon, November 16, 2005
This Beacon follows the Atlantica story from Halifax to Quebec City and beyond. Learn whether Canada has a drinking problem, read an interesting twist on the future of Canada's paper mills and decide who to listen to in the debate on health care economics.
Finding a way out of the equalization trap
A second Ontario study uses AIMS’ work to map a road to recovery.
Heeding Socrates: An election worth examining.
Politics isn't always as it appears. In this column, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley turns his attention to the looming federal election in Canada. He questions what will drive the issues in this campaign, and comes up with one answer, one province.
NAFTA and Short Sea Shipping Corridors
This article identifies some of the critical limitations and impediments to further growth of short sea services in Canada and in transborder trade with the US, and identifies a number of questions policymakers need to answer. The article was prepared for the Study Group on Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain Management sponsored by the PanAmerican Partnership for Business Education. The author, Dr. Mary Brooks, is with Dalhousie University and the article is based on work she conducted prior to 2005.
The letter the Canadian Medical Association Journal would not print.
Here is the letter a group of health care policy experts wrote in response to the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It takes exception to the opening assumption in a CMAJ editorial, but when asked for equal space, the Journal refused. This is the letter the CMAJ would not print.
The mixed blessing of natural resources
The Canada West Foundation was looking for someone to talk about the revenues from natural resources. Does resource wealth equate to monetary wealth? It turned to AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley for some insight.