The Jones Act under NAFTA
In this Research Paper, Dr. Mary Brooks looks at Canada's shipbuilding industry and the damage done to the shipping industry by outdated cabotage legislation in the US and Canada.
Going Public on What is Private
The first Background Paper produced by the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group (CHCCG) indicates such disagreements could be dissipated rather quickly, if people just defined what it is they mean by the two terms. "Going Public on What is Private" shows that people confuse the payment for the service with the supply of the service when entering the public versus private fray.
Too Many Cooks
This paper takes a different look at equalization and how best to create equal public services across Canada. Author Robin Neil suggests rather than using provincial differentiated transfers, equalization is better achieved through provincially differentiated taxes.
Atlantica and Trends in World Trade
The regional entity of Atlantica is poised to help resolve the congestion problems of the west coast and satisfy the growth demands of centre North America. This sixth paper in the Atlantica series explains how that can be done.
Could Do Better 2
Could Do Better 2 shows that the governments of Atlantic Canada have not learned the lessons that out of control deficits and crushing debt should have taught them. Lower taxes, spending restraint and fiscal prudence encourage an environment of economic growth and sustainability. Instead, these governments continue to try to spend their way into our hearts, and as a result fail miserably to achieve the economic growth they are so earnestly pursuing.
Shipping Out
In this fifth paper of the AIMS Atlantica series, author James Frost shows how the Port of Halifax could be a rail-oriented gateway port and a water-based transshipment hub. Frost says the port could be more successful by having it both ways.
It is FARMING, not Fishing
Author Robin Neill, professor of Economics at UPEI, examines the bureaucracy surrounding the aquaculture industry in Canada and calls for a fundamental reorientation. In "It is FARMING, not Fishing", Neill concludes aquaculture needs to be separated from the administration of the wild fishery, which means taking it out of the jurisdiction of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
AIMS’ 4th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools
The AIMS 4th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools has been released. AIMS encourages parents, students, educators and policy makers to use the Report Card as a guide. It tells you where you should be asking questions and what types of questions you should be asking, so that you know what is going on in our public schools.
Casting a cold eye on LNG:
There’s another opportunity knocking at Atlantic Canada’s door, but the region needs to act in unison to answer it. The opportunity is Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, and the region needs to coordinate its approach to fully realize the potential. That’s the conclusion of AIMS’ latest paper, LNG in Atlantic Canada: Opportunity for Regional Development. Author Angela Tu-Weissenberger examines the LNG world, the opportunities for Atlantic Canada and the three LNG terminals proposed in the region.
Characteristics of Tomorrow’s Successful Port
Ports and marine transportation are critical to the success of AIMS Atlantica concept. In the fourth of the AIMS Atlantica papers, Professor Michael Ircha discusses the characteristics of tomorrow's successful port and concludes Atlantica's ports have an opportunity to be key players in the North American economy.