The problem with EI/UI
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AIMS president Don Cayo asks, "Has Confederation been worth it for Newfoundland ? It's been 50 years since the island province made its first moves toward leaving Britain and federating with another country. Time to look at the balance sheet."
Don Cayo examines the fate of small towns in Atlantic Canada.
Everyone knows that Canada faces the prospect of a dramatically aging population as the Baby Boomers, that huge demographic bulge, edge towards retirement. But Don Cayo points out, an AIMS study underlines is how much more dramatic that will be in a region with stagnant or negative growth.
MEDIA ADVISORY Demographically challenged:
It's time to let Cape Breton's coal industry die a natural death. The cost of keeping it alive is just too immense in wasted treasure, pollution, lost jobs, and squandered economic opportunity throughout Nova Scotia. Fred McMahon-1998
Don Cayo on the political personalities leading the provincial parties.
Don Cayo on "sick building syndrome" and why its affecting schools in Atlantic Canada.
Professor John Richards of Simon Fraser University says the "non-traditional left" is doing some serious thinking. Don Cayo looks at some of the idea's being put forward.
The uncharitable might say that any lawyer at all is one too many. But as Don Cayo writes, the facts suggest the legal profession is falling on politically hard times, at least in this region.