Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way
A look at the recent implementation of the HST in B.C. and Ontario, the tax's economic benefits, and the flaws in our politics.
Family Matters: Family as the foundation of freedom, prosperity and democracy
In this talk to the Institute of Marriage and Family, AIMS Senior Fellow Brian Lee Crowley outlines the importance of family to both our history and our future.
Incentives Matter:
Incentives matter, whether in federal transfers, worker productivity, or in taking personal responsibility. This talk explores all of these ideas and how government has done its best in most cases to get the incentives wrong.
True Roots: Canada’s forgotten political tradition of individual liberty, limited government, self-reliance and personal accountability
Commentary traces Canada's political roots and shows our attachment to our 'kinder self' is a recent reincarnation - and not at all what the founding fathers had in mind
The downturn . . . and after
In this Commentary, based on remarks to Finance Canada's 2009 Senior Managers' Retreat, Brian Lee Crowley says Canada could recover economically stronger than the US.
Surviving and thriving in an irrational world
Commentary based on remarks to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association examines how local government can be made more relevant, accountable, and competitive.
Canadian Health Care: Coming soon to a republic near you
Based on a presentation to the international health reform conference in Washington hosted by the Galen Institute and the International Policy Network.
Back to Work: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Traditional Values in the Face of Demographic Change
AIMS President Brian lee Crowley takes a look at the changing demographic and what it will mean to our society.
The Audacity of Trade
The compelling case for free trade. How trade makes us rich as well as free. Based on a talk to the North America Works Conference in Kansas City by Brian Lee Crowley.
Physician (Dis)empowerment: The View from Canada
A Commentary based on remarks for a conference organized by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), Washington, D.C.