AIMS’ response to the 2000/01 Nova Scotia budget
A First Step, but with a Short Stride Nova Scotia's First Conservative Budget Still a High Wire Act
There may be short-term pain to balance the books but now is the time to do it
On the eve of the Nova Scotia provincial budget, the Halifax Herald invited AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to make the case why the province needs to balance its budget and reduce spending. Publication: CHH, April 10, 2000.
Nova Scotians not reaping benefits that others are
AIMS Fellow in Public Finance, Roland Martin, analyses how fiscal discipline in New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland over the past few years continues to pay dividends for the taxpayers in those provinces, as evidenced by recent tax cuts. By contrast, the author of Debtors' Prison II shows how Nova Scotia's continued deficit financing has significantly harmed what should be one of the region's strongest economies.
What we don’t know about health care
In an op-ed piece that originally appeared in the National Post, Dr. David Zitner of Dalhousie University and AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argue that our health care problems stem chiefly from lack of information, not money. Publication: NP, April 3, 2000.
No Province is an Island
In his latest newspaper column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley deplores the PEI government's failure to honour its commitments under the Agreement in Internal Trade. Publication: CHH, March 29, 2000, GC, March 31, 2000.
First, do no harm
At a retreat of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency executives, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley was invited to sit on a panel entitled "Direct Investment in Business or Indirect Infrastructure and Business Support: Finding the Right Balance."