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Robin Hood Economics

By | July 9th, 2001|In the Media|

The national debate spurred by two recent AIMS papers – "Equalization: Milestone or Millstone?" by Roland Martin and "Taking off the Shackles: Equalization and the Development of Nonrenewable Resources in Atlantic Canada" by Ken Boessenkool – continues in the July 9 edition of Canadian Business magazine. In his commentary, Andrew Nikiforuk takes a dim view of the current situation in relation to equalization and offshore royalties and argues that, to be equal, Nova Scotia must be master in its own house. Taking a page from Boessenkool’s paper, Nikiforuk concludes it is time for Ottawa to "…unshackle the provinces and get smarter about giving money away and clawing it back."

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AIMS Provides Summer Reading for BC MLAs

By | July 6th, 2001|Media Releases|

BC Citizens' group gives groundbreaking AIMS book to all local MLAs

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Law, strikes and the public interest

By | July 4th, 2001|In the Media|

The Nova Scotia government's decision to forestall by legislation strikes in the health care sector and to impose a settlement on their workers raises the thorny question whether public sector workers in essential services should be allowed to use the strike weapon. In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley says that, while there are arguments on both sides, on balance the public interest is better protected by a no-strike rule. But that doesn't mean that governments should be able to do just whatever they please -- if workers lose the right to strike, the government must also give up the right to impose wage settlements unilaterally.

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Is geography destiny for Atlantica?

By | July 4th, 2001|In the Media|

A wedge of territory, which some are now calling Atlantica, has been outside the charmed circle of North American prosperity for years but now faces the end of an economic era and the opportunity to seize control again. This corner of North America encompasses not only Atlantic Canada but also embraces the sliver of the United States that reaches from Maine through New Hampshire and Vermont and into northern New York State. AIMS President, Brian Lee Crowley, suggests that continental free trade and globalization may put an end to the isolation of Atlantica. The east west axis for development of North America is being supplemented by a drive to stitch back together the old north-south trade routes that had flourished across the continent before 1867. If Atlantica is to escape the role of geographic backwater to which the last century relegated us, a new cross-border coalition must be built. Many American politicians, including both New York senators, have endorsed a call for Washington

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Equalization and natural resources: Bill Watson on AIMS’ paper

By | June 30th, 2001|In the Media|

William Watson has taken a thoughtful look at a recent AIMS paper on equalization and offers his positive comments in a National Post column. In addition to being a regular columnist at the Post, Watson is the editor of Policy Options, the magazine of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, and a professor of economics at McGill University. In his article, Watson explores each of Boessenkool's arguments in favour of excluding nonrenewable natural resource revenues from the equalization formula. Watson is the latest in a series of national writers to enter the debate that has been sparked by "Taking off the Shackles: Equalization and the Development of Nonrenewable Resources in Atlantic Canada", by Ken Boessenkool.

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AIMS and Labour Mobility

By | June 30th, 2001|In the Media|

AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley recently addressed the newly formed Laissez-Faire Society in Calgary and discussed several of the artificial barriers to economic growth in Atlantic Canada and Canada as a whole. One of his themes, the need to reform EI, is picked up in this column by Nigel Hanneford as he discusses the need to eliminate the barriers to work in Canada. Hanneford argues that leaving EI as it is and failing to eliminate provincial labour mobility barriers will result in a sad state of affairs where it will be easier for a foreign tradesperson or professional to work in Alberta, than somebody from Nova Scotia.

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AIMS-inspired national debate on equalization goes on-line

By | June 27th, 2001|In the Media|

In his latest column for Canoe Money, an on-line media outlet, economist and author Tim Whitehead expresses high praise for "Equalization: Milestone or Millstone?", by Roland Martin, former AIMS Fellow in Public Finance. Whitehead refers to the equalization clawback as a "tax on success" and comments positively on the recommendations to improve the formula that have been put forward by Martin. Whitehead's piece adds to the growing national debate that has been inspired by the release of the first two papers in AIMS new series on equalization: "Equalization: Milestone or Millstone?" and "Taking off the Shackles: Equalization and the Development of Nonrenewable Resources in Atlantic Canada" by Ken Boessenkool.

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Offshore Royalty Criticisms Unfounded

By | June 27th, 2001|Media Releases|

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland Stand up to International Comparisons

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Calgary Herald endorses AIMS equalization paper

By | June 21st, 2001|In the Media|

In endorsing the conclusions of a recent AIMS paper on equalization, a Calgary Herald editorial stated that Albertans know intuitively that "windfall" oil revenues should be used to retire debt, shore up savings or spent on one-time projects, not for regular program spending. In Taking off the Shackles: Equalization and the Development of Nonrenewable Resourses in Atlantic Canada, Ken Boessenkool argued that royalties should not be considered part of a regular income stream and should be excluded from the equalization formula. The Calgary Herald has agreed. It states: "…the transfer calculations should be made on the long-term, stable sources of provincial revenue - such as corporate profits, personal income and sales taxes - not volatile royalty revenues. "

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Health care system needs Swedish massage

By | June 20th, 2001|In the Media|

Swedish nurses, doctors, unions and industry all agree that the increase in independent health care organizations offers Sweden very large gains over the public monopoly model. According to AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley, this Swedish massage is just what the doctor ordered for Canada’s ailing health care system. Publication: CHH, June 20, 2001

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