In this op/ed in The New York Post, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains the real reason why brand-name drugs cost less in Canada. In reply to an ad campaign by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) urging Congress to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, Crowley explains the reason isn't simply price controls. And he tells Americans to be very careful what they wish for.
Tariffs have not helped shipbuilding and have hurt shipping.
In the ongoing LNG debate in Atlantic Canada, one of the most quoted works is AIMS' paper, "Casting a cold eye on LNG: The real possibilities and pitfall for Atlantic Canada". Author Angela Tu-Weissenberger talks about the need for cooperation among the provinces. It's a message she is bringing directly to Saint John as the guest speaker at a city reception this week.
It's been an ongoing debate since 9-11, and a major concern to supporters of Atlantica. However, as reported in this Globe and Mail story, it now looks as though implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will be delayed.
Mayors from around Atlantic Canada have endorsed the Atlantica concept, and have vowed to work on a plan to make it happen.
The time has come to drag Atlantic Canada back to shore. That's according to Globe and Mail columnist Neil Reynolds who says it's time to support AIMS' concept of Atlantica and that includes better cross border and transportation corridors.
AIMS is giving the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) one more chance to do the right thing. While school boards around the province have complied with a ruling earlier this year to provide information to AIMS and the public, the HRSB continues to do battle. In an effort to keep the fight out of the courts, AIMS has made one last appeal to the board superintendent.
AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley's remarks to the closed door meeting of Canada's deputy ministers prompted this column by Brian Flemming in The Daily News. Flemming concludes that he hopes the Deputy Ministers were listening to what AIMS had to say and will follow through.
Proponents for Atlantica have long suggested the growth in the goods supplied from China is good news for the region. However, recent stories out of China suggest that country's boom is causing labour shortages that may once again shift world trade routes.