Cross-border traffic may soon have a new and better screening system. The Department of Homeland Security in the US will spend more than a billion dollars on new equipment for the nation's points of entry.
Halifax Port Authority president Karen Oldfield says Halifax’s goal is to capture more of this Suez traffic, but it will require considerable effort. However, she says it will be worth it. This article in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald outlines what's happening globally that is affecting Atlantica regionally.
From the war in Afghanistan, to the future of Health Care in Canada, to the role of public policy think tanks - this Beacon provides insight on some of the major policy issues facing the region and the country.
In this column published in the Calgary Herald, Todd Hirsch endorses AIMS Special Equalization Series particularly with its solution for non-renewable resource revenues.
AIMS' work in health care, Senate reform and foreign policy were all highlighted in the August 24th edition of Canada Watch, an electronic newsletter distributed throughout the US by the Canadian Embassy in Washington.
In this story in the Telegraph-Journal the head of McCain Foods says the potential for world-class economic growth could be unlocked with better infrastructure. AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out it's not just better roads, but more skilled workers that are needed.
Debate gets heated at Canadian Medical Association's annual meeting.
It was billed as a show-down between public and private health care in Canada by opponents of any private sector involvement in health care. However, the vote for the president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association provided a clearer definition of the difference between private sector involvement and privatization.
In this op/ed published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, AIMS' Intern in Security and Defence Policy takes a look at the latest developments in the Middle East. Alex Wilner suggests the latest UN resolution does little more than provide a half time break for the Hezbollah - Israeli conflict.
The first Background Paper produced by the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG) indicates such disagreements could be dissipated rather quickly, if people just defined what it is they mean by the two terms. "Going Public on What is Private" shows that people confuse the payment for the service with the supply of the service when entering the public versus private fray.