Immigrants and Atlantic Canada, Opportunities Waiting to Happen
In this century Atlantic Canada attracted far too few immigrants and our social, economic and cultural development has been held back as a result. Brian Lee Crowley argues both the attitudes and policies toward immigrants must change.
Is Sane Management Possible in a Crazy World?
In this article from Healthcare Papers, AIMS Fellow in Health Policy Dr. David Zitner continues to engage his colleagues in a discussion of the inherent bias in a system where insurer also acts as regulator. In looking at the work of another fellow pioneer in this area, George Browman, Zitner finds further compelling evidence that the system is in need of fundamental change.
AIMS On-Line for early February 2003
New thinking key to Newfoundland prosperity, an excerpt from Mark Milke’s new book, Tax Me I’m Canadian – Your Money and How Politicians Spend It and Australia looks to AIMS for analysis of Equalization.
Ideas Matter #2
Following the release of its award winning Definitely NOT the Romanow Report, AIMS collected highlights of the research completeted and assembled the second edition of Ideas matter. Featured on the cover is Swedish health care reformer Johan Hjertdvist.
AIMS On-Line for late January 2003
AIMS launches ACOA WATCH, AIMS in La Presse on sustainable growth and more.
No Boom Yet – Like Alaska, Canadian province hopes for a natural gas fortune
In its ongoing exploration of the similarities between the challenges Alaska faces and those here in Nova Scotia, the Anchorage Daily News (ADN) has again turned to AIMS for a clear perspective on the hurdles facing both economies. In this article, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley, tells the ADN in an interview that the key challenge for Nova Scotia is creating something lasting from whatever natural gas is found. That means parlaying it perhaps into an oil-field services industry that can compete for work around the globe. As in Alaska, however, parochial demands threaten to gum up the works. For instance, some Nova Scotians demand that cheap gas be reserved for local homeowners and industries before any is exported, preferably at high prices. If government makes rules to appease those voices, it could repel an industry taking enormous risks.