No Province is an Island
In his latest newspaper column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley deplores the PEI government's failure to honour its commitments under the Agreement in Internal Trade. Publication: CHH, March 29, 2000, GC, March 31, 2000.
In his latest newspaper column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley deplores the PEI government's failure to honour its commitments under the Agreement in Internal Trade. Publication: CHH, March 29, 2000, GC, March 31, 2000.
At a retreat of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency executives, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley was invited to sit on a panel entitled "Direct Investment in Business or Indirect Infrastructure and Business Support: Finding the Right Balance."
Fred McMahon, author of AIMS' book Road to Growth, has responded to Quebec Finance Minister Bernard Landry's claim that Quebec is now following Ireland's lead in economic and budgetary policy.
“…[M]anagement guru Peter Drucker once wrote that government regulation of business and industry was one of the most original inventions of western liberal democracy But, like penicillin, regulation has been so widely used, and abused, that its potency has sharply declined.”
The "Big Questions" for any public inquiry into the Walkerton tragedy will be: 1. How did Walkerton's water get contaminated? 2. Once contaminated, could the tragedy have been avoided by either the Ontario government or Walkerton's water utility? 3. How can future disasters like this be averted? As these questions are answered, people should realize that governments which both own and regulate public utilities have a fatal conflict of interest.
Is it right to say that Premier Ralph Klein's proposals to allow overnight stays in private medical clinics in Alberta constitutes a fundamental challenge to medicare? AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that, on the contrary, it is no more than a timid extension of some already widely-accepted principles of this country's health care system. Publication: CHH & TJSJ & SJT, March 15, 2000.
In this column for The Globe and Mail, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that Atlantic Canada's chief problem is not too many governments, but rather too much government, a very different proposition. The solution? Stronger rules on internal trade to restrain provincial governments from indulging in foolish and parochial policies at the expense of the economic rights of all Canadians, including Atlantic Canadians.
AIMS presentation to HRM Council on Harbour Cleanup, March 7, 2000
In his regular column for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley examines the criticisms now being levelled against the Halifax Regional Council's plan to clean up the Halifax harbour. He argues that most of the criticisms of the proposed public-private partnership doesn't stand up to scrutiny, and Council should move forward with their plan. Doing so will mean significant benefits for taxpayers, and the preservation of Halifax's reputation as a good place to do business. Publication: CHH, March 1, 2000.
Operating in the Dark garners considerable attention