Edward Cornwallis’ troubled history
Fred McMahon examines the controversy around a public ceremony featuring an actor playing Col. Edward Cornwallis over the objections of aboriginal leaders.
Fred McMahon examines the controversy around a public ceremony featuring an actor playing Col. Edward Cornwallis over the objections of aboriginal leaders.
Prior to the 1999 Nova Scotia election, AIMS Senior Policy Analyst writes, "Regardless of Nova Scotians' views on deficit spending, voters in the upcoming election in this province should be outraged about the tricks Russell MacLellan's government has played with the budgeting process over the 14 months since it was elected."
Fred McMahon reviews PAPER BOOM: WHY REAL PROSPERITY REQUIRES A NEW APPROACH TO CANADA'S ECONOMY By Jim Stanford of The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
If it makes no sense to you that a province could have both a modest surplus and a massively increased debt load in the same year, then you understand this situation perfectly. Don Cayo on what he calls nothing more than a shameful charade.
Atlantic Canada's percentage of the Canadian population has declined continuously during the past half-century, and further declines seem likely. In large measure that can be attributed to the fact that the region, and each province in it, receives disproportionately small shares of immigrants to Canada.
AIMS president Don Cayo writes in 1999, "the Prairie Provinces don’t know much about the state of their health care systems and the efficacy of the policies their governments have recently adopted. But we really don’t know anything about ours."