Buffalo can play an integral part of Atlantica, and that was the message delivered by AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley to the Buffalo Niagara Logistics Council. It's a concept that was easily embraced by Donn Esmonde in this article in The Buffalo News.
On 16 May 2006, AIMS gathered the leading experts on the gap in prescription drug coverage from across the country.
AIMS' conference on the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage in Atlantic Canada attracted patients, health care workers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance brokers, and government officials. Media across the country picked up this story with its clear message that AIMS set the stage to place the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage on the national agenda.
In his bi-monthly column, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley once again points out the need for provinces to treat resource revenue differently than general revenue. He says it's a lesson Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have not learned, but one for which future generations will pay.
On Thursday, May 11th, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley spoke to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto. His topic - equalization. His message - both Ontario and the Maritimes suffer from decades of federal equalization transfers. The National Post requested permission to publish his remarks in full in its weekend edition, on Saturday, May 13th.
Reaching consensus - AIMS invites discussion through the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group; AIMS tackles the catastrophic drug coverage problem in Atlantic Canada; and the institute publishes two new papers.
The Shape of Health Care to Come
Leading health care, public policy, legal and other experts give voice
AIMS authors say last year's budget promises amounted to a C performance
In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley takes a critical look at HRM Mayor Peter Kelly's call for a provincial law forcing garbage created within a municipality to be dealt with in that municipality. Rather than being a call for not dumping on your neighbours, Crowley concludes the mayor's latest effort is simply a monopolist's attempt to capture the market and continue to collect fees out of line with the service provided. hh