Don’t Claw Back the Clawback
Attempts by politicians to restore Employment Insurance to highly paid seasonal workers should be resisted says Peter Fenwick, AIMS Director of Communications. As the parties gear up for the coming election some MPs are demanding that the reforms of four years ago be repealed. One of the most significant reforms was the clawback, a provision that effectively took away much of the employment insurance highly paid seasonal workers. Part of that deal in 1996 gave significantly higher benefits to lowly paid EI recipients. It was part of a restructuring that made the whole system much more equitable. Publication: ETSJ, September 9, 2000.
Leading food safety expert to challenge claims about risks associated with aquaculture food products
Dr. Douglas Powell to advise aquaculture conference on appropriate management of risk factors in food safety
AIMS announces conference on electricity deregulation & restructuring
Plugging in Atlantic Canada
Federalism and the New Economy: Sovereignty as a moving target
The Summer University at Aix-en-Provence invited AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to give a series of lectures at their 2000 session. In his second lecture he argues that federalism as traditionally practised is based on an outdated view of the economy. In the future, power will be less devolved to different levels of government and instead be far more widely dispersed within civil society. He also draws on Canadian examples to illustrate how federalism can be a rent-seeker's paradise.
The coming revolution in local government
AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley's lecture at the 2000 session of the Summer University at Aix-en-Provence.
A toast to liquor privatization
Nove Scotia should press ahead with its proposed privatisation of the province's government liquor monopoly if Alberta's experience is any guide, says AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley. "... here's the trade-off we'll be facing if the government follows through on its promises: four times the employment, five times the product selection, lower liquor prices, many new tax-paying businesses, longer service hours. In other words, a consumer and taxpayer bonanza versus preserving a handful of protected jobs that pay way over the odds at the expense of consumers and taxpayers throughout the province." Publication: CHH, August 30, 2000.