When New Brunswick announced its structural changes to improve health care service in the province, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill was quick to point out that more than cosmetic changes are needed for real reform and improvement.
Citing problems with CN, Caterpillar has decided to move from Halifax's port to Norfolk.
AIMS Founding President Brian Lee Crowley is joining the ground-breaking Galen Institute, based in Washington, DC. Crowley is visiting senior fellow and will advance the Galen Institute's work on public policy using the Canadian health care experience to shed light on the US policy debate.
Whether acting on independent advice or not, AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill says politicians voting on their own pay raises is a conflict of interest.
The formation of another Atlantic Gateway Council in Atlantic Canada carries risks warns AIMS executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill. He says while it's a good thing that the public and private sectors are starting to work together, there is also a risk that the councils will work against each other.
Most of the increase in trade flows across the borders in North America over the past couple of decades has piled up along land crossings that are now facing congestion. A new crossing facility in the Atlantica region is scheduled for completion by 2010 and will help with some of the flow.
New Brunswick MLAs are expected to vote this year on their own pay raise. AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill suggests any pay raise for MLAs should only be effective after the next provincial election.
MLAs in New Brunswick are set to vote on a pay increase for themselves. AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill suggests a more transparent process where raises are effective only after the next provincial election.
In this front page story, AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill explains that power utilities should be more transparent in rate hike applications and justify the increase before sending the bill.
AIMS executive vice president Charles Cirtwill questions whether MLAs should vote on their own pay raises.