Gouvernement minoritaire: Où est l’intérêt public? – AIMS dans La Presse
Les gouvernements minoritaires sont le rêve de ceux qui mangent de la politique et c'est pourquoi les intellectuels qui s'écoutent parler les adorent. Mais ils confondent leur propre plaisir avec l'intérêt public. Lorsque vous êtes le premier ministre d'un gouvernement majoritaire, chaque décision que vous prenez vous définit et définit votre gouvernement en opposition aux autres partis. Vous faites vos choix et votre réputation se bâtit en conséquence. L'opposition vous critique en raison de ces choix. Elle devient connue pour les solutions de rechange qu'elle propose. Mais les gouvernements minoritaires sont toujours en train de négocier avec les autres partis en vue du prochain vote au parlement. Le maquignonnage en coulisses prospère. Les partis d'opposition obligent le gouvernement à renoncer à certaines de ses priorités au profit des leurs. Ceux qui se réjouissent à la perspective d'un gouvernement minoritaire à Ottawa devraient faire bien attention à leurs souhaits.
Nation States and Economic Regions in the Global Network
AIMS, together with a coalition of community representatives from around the International Northeast Economic Region (or “Atlantica”), is partnering with Mr. Gallis to identify this cross-border region’s potential and how we might organise ourselves to best take advantage of it.
AIMS Online May 13, 2004
Atlantica: Moncton’s New Neighbourhood in the Global Economy. AIMS addresses Greater Moncton Chamber’s AGM, Five Big Ideas: AIMS’ Roadmap for Atlantic Prosperity, Brian Lee Crowley's commentary in the National Post on Canada's first aboriginal-run MRI clinic and more.
AIMS’ Response Page for You Can Get There From Here
You Can Get There From Here is an invitation to all federal political parties to re-examine their past policies and declare how they intend to bring Atlantic Canada back into the nation’s economic mainstream.
Are user fees a good idea?
Recent decisions by many governments in Canada to increase and expand user fees are coming under scrutiny. There are good arguments in favour of user fees, but that doesn’t mean that all user fees are justified, or that the ones that are justified are set at the right level. Do these fees accurately reflect the value of the services provided or are they simply another cash grab by governments that cannot rein in their spending? In his weekly column in the Chronicle Herald and Times and Transcript, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley examines user fees and why the people who pay them should demand transparency and accountability in the fee-setting process.
Atlantica: Moncton’s New Neighbourhood in the Global Economy. AIMS addresses Greater Moncton Chamber’s AGM
Atlantica is at the intersection of three powerful trade relationships, NAFTA, EU-NAFTA and the so-called Suez Express route from Asia. Atlantica’s continental neighbourhood is also now dominated by three increasingly coherent and powerful economic regions with well-defined and consciously pursued economic interests: the Quebec City to Windsor Corridor, the New Atlantic Triangle and Appalachia. For the International Northeast to flourish amidst these powerful dynamics, three imperatives beckon to the region: a transport intensive economy; continental integration; and coordinated efforts focusing on regional coherence building. In this keynote talk to the AGM of the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley laid out a new conceptual framework for thinking about the International Northeast Economic Region, or Atlantica.