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Government job creation called a $1-trillion waste

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 March 26th, 2003|In the Media|

Canada has squandered more than $1 trillion over the past 30 years in efforts to develop Atlantic Canada and it has done more harm than good, members of the Regina Chamber of Commerce were told. Brian Crowley, the founding president of the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies, said the failed efforts to develop Atlantic Canada's economy provides key lessons for Canada and for Saskatchewan. Those lessons are that direct government involvement in job creation and in the marketplace don't work, Crowley said.

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AIMS Launches ACOA Watch

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 March 25th, 2003|Media Releases|

Inaugural Issue: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! The Numbers Game

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Learning from education studies?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 March 21st, 2003|In the Media|

Atlantic Canadian newspapers continue to wade into the debate on AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. In the Friday March 21 edition of the Journal Pioneer in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the paper said it is hard to get upset over Education Minister Chester Gillan not having information on high schools ‘readily available’ when staffing issues should take priority.

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PEI Education Minister dismissive of AIMS Study But Adopts Many of its Recommendations

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-21T00:00:00+00:00 March 21st, 2003|Media Releases|

AIMS Researcher says, “supply evidence or withdraw unjustified criticism”.

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AIMS’ Open Letter to Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 March 19th, 2003|Media Releases|

AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley invites Premier to help ensure information on education is made public.

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Progress Magazine publishes AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canada’s High Schools

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 March 17th, 2003|Media Releases|

Reaction is swift across the region

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Education survey should not be taken too lightly

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 March 15th, 2003|In the Media|

The Daily Gleaner, March 15 editorial said the "The public.. is making public education its business." and asked why educators would ask the public to "ignore this report.” The editorial also asks the NBTA to “place their concerns firmly, clearly, and rationally on the table. Only then will the public be able to dismiss and condemn or accept and praise the AIMS work.”

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AIMS study flawed, hurtful to students

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 March 12th, 2003|In the Media|

The Principal of Oxford Regional Schools reacts to the AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools.

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Grading the report card

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 March 12th, 2003|In the Media|

Here is a sampling of the debate over the Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools released by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. These letters appeared in the Wednesday, March 12, 2003 edition of the Halifax Chronicle Herald.

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School ratings raise hackles

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2003-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 March 10th, 2003|In the Media|

Hopefully, future discussion of the AIMS rankings will shed a little less heat, and a little more light, on the education system.

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