Could Do Better
AIMS latest paper "Could Do Better" shows where the bar needs to be set in measuring fiscal performance in Atlantic Canada. Prior to their 2004/05 budgets, the Atlantic Provinces were fiscally worse off than the nation as a whole. Despite that warning sign, their 2004/05 budgets were both a disappointment and an opportunity missed. This is a lesson worth heeding as we enter the 2005/06 budget season. The only way to master our budgetary challenges is to promote economic growth throughout the region, but provinces are failing to use their budgets effectively to achieve that growth.
The Mystery of the Missing Fiscal Imbalance
The fact that Ottawa has been a better fiscal manager of its resources than many of the provinces is not an argument for transferring the results of that superior fiscal discipline to the provinces, just as the fact that Ottawa’s fiscal burden may be too high is not an argument for giving some of those tax resources to the provinces. AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley told the House of Commons SubCommittee on Fiscal Imbalance that the provinces have the means to fix their fiscal problems, and he sees little reason why Ottawa should do the job for them.
Grano Series – The American Empire
On February 10, 2005 Samual Huntington was the third speaker in the Grano series. He spoke to the "Great American Myth". The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies has been a partner since the series inception.
Nova Scotia premier invests wisely upon sale of assets
If you sell the house to buy the groceries you will soon have neither shelter nor food. It is this simple concept that Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm has understood and applied to the $830-million that Nova Scotia is expected to immediately receive as a result of the offshore accord just signed with the federal government. In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley applauds Premier Hamm for securing real long term gain from the sale of Nova Scotia's offshore assets and avoiding the potential economic and political pitfalls of attempting to spend or invest the $830 million.
Lower Prescription Drug Costs Don’t Tell the Whole Story
AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley discusses important issues surrounding the prescription drug debate.
Lower Prescription Drug Costs Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Can the problem of high prescription drug costs in the United States be solved by purchasing drugs on the Internet or with a bus trip across the Canadian border? That was the question posed during an event sponsored by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) early in February in Pasadena, California. The PRI invited AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley to address these and other important issues surrounding the prescription drug debate.