Devrions-nous pratiquer l’aquaculture?
Deux instituts, AIMS et CAI, invitent les chefs de fil dans le domaine de l'aquaculture à discuter de l'avenir de l'industrie sur la côte Est
Should we be farming the seas?
AIMS and CAI invite world's leading authorities on aquaculture to PEI to discuss industry's future on east coast
Not quite ready to kick the habit
No one can be opposed to more co-operation among the Atlantic provinces, so the recent announcement by the four premiers of the creation of a Council of Atlantic Premiers is welcome news. In this column in The Globe and Mail, however, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley writes that while the premiers may have created a good vehicle, they are still trying to go in the wrong direction with it. The answer to the region's problems does not lie in yet more federal money, which is what they spent most of their time asking for. Been there, done that - and it doesn't work.
Silent partner in Voisey’s Bay
If the rich Voisey's Bay mineral deposit were in Alberta or Ontario, Inco would be developing it today. Hundreds, if not thousands, of well-paid jobs would be created, generating lots of economic activity and new government revenue. Yet in Newfoundland, with its declining population, and high debt, taxes and unemployment, Voisey's Bay languishes. Why? Because of the silent third party to the talks, hovering like Banquo's ghost over the negotiations between Brian Tobin's government and Inco.
Buddy, can you spare a vote?
In a new interview in Canadian Business magazine, AIMS' former Senior Policy Analyst, Fred McMahon gives some insight into the content of his next book, Retreat From Growth: Atlantic Canada and the Negative-Sum Economy. The book, a companion volume to the Institute's successful Road to Growth: How Lagging Economies Become Prosperous, will be released by AIMS this summer.
Do school boards add value to education?
Do we really need school boards? That's the question AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley asks in the wake of the Nova Scotia government's attempt to cut education spending. Experience elsewhere suggests that they can be eliminated, while improving school performance, accountability and local autonomy. And it saves money to boot! Publication: CHH, May 10, 2000.