Government job creation called a $1-trillion waste
Canada has squandered more than $1 trillion over the past 30 years in efforts to develop Atlantic Canada and it has done more harm than good, members of the Regina Chamber of Commerce were told. Brian Crowley, the founding president of the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies, said the failed efforts to develop Atlantic Canada's economy provides key lessons for Canada and for Saskatchewan. Those lessons are that direct government involvement in job creation and in the marketplace don't work, Crowley said.
AIMS Launches ACOA Watch
Inaugural Issue: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! The Numbers Game
Learning from education studies?
Atlantic Canadian newspapers continue to wade into the debate on AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. In the Friday March 21 edition of the Journal Pioneer in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the paper said it is hard to get upset over Education Minister Chester Gillan not having information on high schools ‘readily available’ when staffing issues should take priority.
PEI Education Minister dismissive of AIMS Study But Adopts Many of its Recommendations
AIMS Researcher says, “supply evidence or withdraw unjustified criticism”.
AIMS’ Open Letter to Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns
AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley invites Premier to help ensure information on education is made public.
Progress Magazine publishes AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canada’s High Schools
Reaction is swift across the region