Grano Series – The American Empire
Michael Ignatieff spoke in Toronto as the second of four speakers in the Grano lecture series on the potential and limits of American power:
a l’invitation de Radio-Canada et La Presse, AIMS répond à la question, “A-t-on les moyens du modèle québécois?”
Quel modèle pour le Québec? Voilà la question posée par Radio-Canada et La Presse lors de leur conférence conjoint à Montréal tenue mercredi le 1er décembre 2004. Invité par les organisateurs à participer à un panel intitlué "A-t-on les moyens du modèle québécois?", le président de AIMS, Brian Lee Crowley a répondu, "Oui. Mais la question plus fondamentale, c'est est-ce que les Québécois en ont pour leur argent?"
Radio-Canada and La Presse ask AIMS ‘Can Québec afford “the Québec model”‘?
What model for economic and social development should Québec follow ("Quel modèle pour le Québec?")? That was the question asked by Radio-Canada et La Presse at their joint conference in Montréal on Wednesday, Decemeber 1st, 2004. At the invitation of the organisers, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley participated in a panel that was asked to opine on whether Quebeckers can afford the Québec model ("A-t-on les moyens du modèle québécois?"). Dr. Crowley said the answer was an unambiguous "Yes", but that the far more interesting question was "Are Quebeckers getting good value for money from the Québec model?"
AIMS Welcomes Two New Members to its Award-Winning Health Care Policy Team
Building on its international reputation on health care reform
George Bush, Canadians and the “narcissism of small differences”: why cross-border friendship trumps everything else.
While Canadians don't like to be reminded of it, we are more like Americans than anyone else on Earth. While we often engage in the "narcissism of small differences" (pretending that marginal differences between us are more important than the vast body of common experiences and values), to people from outside North America, Canadians and Americans are virtually indistinguishable. In his regular column, AIMS’ President Brian Lee Crowley explores this fundamental truth as we prepare to welcome U.S. President George Bush this week.
Out of Atlantica; Proponents envision powerful new financial zone
Take a gigantic chalkboard eraser and wipe away the borders between Atlantic Canada and the northeastern United States. That's what the creators of Atlantica want to do, especially when it comes to trade. They envision this zone, known as the International Northeast Economic Region, as the next major financial mecca. Read this piece from the Chronical Herald to learn more about how the Atlantica concept is gaining strength across the region.
Le “offshore”: A quoi devraient servir les revenus?
Dans sa chronique mensuel pour La Presse, Brian Lee Crowley, le président de AIMS, se pose la question suivante: si les provinces de Terre-Neuve et la Nouvelle-Ecosse remportent leur bataille avec Ottawa pour le contrôle des ressources pétrolières au large de ces deux provinces, que devraient-elles faires des sommes énormes qui renflouerait les caisses provinciales?
Halifax and Bangor reach agreement on Customs pre-clearance
In accordance with a 2001 US-Canada treaty, Halifax International Airport submitted an application to the U.S. government to allow travelers who originate in Nova Scotia to pre-clear U.S. Customs in Halifax instead of being required to do so in a U.S. airport. The community of Bangor has consistently opposed that application, until now. In this piece to the Bangor Daily News, Joseph M. Baldacci, a Bangor attorney, and chair of the Bangor Mayor’s Special Committee on Halifax-Pre-Clearance, discusses the importance of the agreement just reached that sees Bangor abandon its’ opposition to Halifax’s application, and what that agreement means for our two communities.
AIMS OnLine, 24 November 2004
Celebrating AIMS' first ten years headlines this week's AOL. Along with the words of praise from this party comes our usual wide range of issues including: U.S.-Canada relations, offshore revenue, flu vaccines, drug re-importation, surgical waiting time, municipal service improvements and yet more new positions at AIMS as we continue to grow.
Who Can Handle the Volume: Ports of Halifax and New York/New Jersey are Joined at the Hip
This article in The New York Times illustrates how the ports of Halifax and New York/New Jersey are actually complementary. Each can provide what the other can't, which is a significant opportunity for Atlantica.