Are the provinces entitled to Ottawa’s surplus?
The provincial finance ministers have struck a joint agreement aimed at pressing Paul Martin to direct the looming federal surplus towards tax cuts and greater transfers to provincial budgets. But just whose surplus is it, anyway?
Operating in the Dark
The Introduction to Operating in the Dark paints a picture of a Canadian public health care system on an unsustainable course, a course that will plunge medicare in ever-deepening crises over the next 10 to 20 years.
Think about what kind of government we want. How much social engineering is acceptable?
Martin has called on Canadians to begin a national debate on what sort of government we want. Particularly, how much should it spend and on what? Publication; HDN November 7, 1999. By Fred McMahon
Maritime Cooperation Not All It’s Cracked To Be
Publication: HDN October 31, 1999. By Fred McMahon
Nova Scotia faces Troubling Times
Publication:HDN October 24, 1999. By Fred McMahon
The Future of the Past
St. John's -- The Heritage Canada Foundation held its annual national conference in St. John's, Newfoundland on 22 and 23 October 1999 on the theme "Social Changes and Heritage Strategies". The Foundation invited AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to be on a panel to help set the "big picture" for the conference delegates by identifying those social and economic trends most relevant to their deliberations.