The US Congress is once again considering authorization of the re-importation of pharmaceuticals from Canada. As AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Brian Ferguson explains in a commentary in the National Post, such a solution to the US pharmaceutical woes is a dream cop-out for politicians.
AIMS Talk Triggers Debate.
In this special edition of The Beacon, AIMS invites you to join in its 10th anniversary celebrations with "The Celtic Tiger Dinner" in Saint John, New Brunswick on May 31st. Read more about the AIMS' celebrations; learn more about the guest speaker; and review AIMS' book "The Road to Growth", which first identified in Canada the Irish economic turn-around which earned Ireland the title the Celtic Tiger.
Universities need to prepare for a brave new world, where students are international and the post-secondary education market is global. In this commentary, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley warns that ignoring the signs will make today's brick and mortar institutions irrelevent.
In this edition of the Beacon, learn more about The Celtic Tiger Dinner, AIMS 10th anniversary celebrations in New Brunswick. Read AIMS' analysis of the provincial budgets for the four Atlantic provinces. Consider AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley's thoughts on the region's reputation within the oil and gas industry. And take to the road as AIMS brings its Atlantica concept to Maine, and its Equalization expertise to Saskatchewan.
AIMS' Atlantica concept part of roundtable discussion.
The good news will be short-lived.
Le problème qui survient lorsque votre réputation se gâte, c'est qu'une fois que les gens ont découvert qu'ils ne peuvent pas se fier à votre parole, lorsqu'ils se sont rendu compte que vous seul comptez à vos propres yeux et que vous n'accordez jamais d'importance aux autres, ils cessent de s'intéresser à vous. Et puis, même si vous vous amendez, il faut beaucoup de temps pour que quelqu'un s'en aperçoive. À l'heure actuelle, deux provinces canadiennes illustrent combien le climat d'investissement peut se détériorer rapidement et combien il faut de temps pour s'en remettre.
In a commentary in the Chronicle-Herald and the Times-Transcript, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley takes a look at how Atlantic Canada has spoiled its reputation within the oil and gas industry. And it's going to take a long time to rebuild it.
Preparing for the new reality of the post-panamax world. This article in "Traffic World" provides insight of why ports along the Atlantic Seaboard are in a position to benefit from the emerging trends in major shipping routes.