AIMS On-Line Special for September 10, 2003
Join AIMS for lunch with urban visionary Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist
Employment insurance causes unemployment
Paying people not to work when this region faces shortages of workers defies reason, but it is not lack of work that has sidelined these workers, but rather a settled habit of expecting to be paid not to work for part of the year. In fact, Human Resource Development Canada has tried in the past to place repeat EI recipients in full time work and top up their wages to ensure no loss of income compared to EI. They had to cancel those experiments because no one would participate. The reason? Many do not consider themselves “unemployed” when they’re on EI. Benefits are just part of their annual income.
Underdosing on drugs
Drug companies will invest in finding the next miracle treatment only if they can recoup their expenses. The search for disease-defeating and life-prolonging drugs is hugely expensive. Industry estimates that it costs around $1-billion to develop each major new drug. Can Canada afford to continue selling cheap drugs and how long will the United States tolerate Canadians taking a free ride on their research dollars? In a commentary carried in various US newspapers and the well regarded web forum TechCentralStation.com, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that research won't occur unless someone is willing to pay for it. That someone has been the American consumer.
Atlantic Fisheries Could Learn From British Columbia Experience
Compelling evidence from BC that giving fishermen ownership over the fish stocks improves economic and ecological sustainability of the fishery: author Laura Jones
Choice, accountability and performance in the public schools
Angus McBeath, Superintendent of Public Schools, explains the outstanding success of the Edmonton education reform experience
AIMS On-Line for early July, 2003
The White House Comes to AIMS: David Frum on Canada-US relations, why educators are blame AIMS for their own problems plus Brian Lee Crowley on natural gas distribution and the danger of opting for cheap pills now versus new drugs tomorrow.