Debtors’ Prison II:
AIMS benchmark report on the Atlantic provinces debt accumulation.
Operating in the Dark
The Introduction to Operating in the Dark paints a picture of a Canadian public health care system on an unsustainable course, a course that will plunge medicare in ever-deepening crises over the next 10 to 20 years.
Population Change in Atlantic Canada
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.
Reforming the Universities
Under a competitive regime, the marketplace itself will determine an efficient outcome for the post-secondary education system in Canada.
Venture Capital in Atlantic Canada
Two main impediments stand in the way of a more active venture capital market: the availability of subsidized government financing, and a fractured and difficult securities regime.
Charter Schools in Atlantic Canada
Charter Schools in Atlantic Canada? What a radical idea. Atlantic Canada's education system already lags behind the rest of Canada's in many ways. Jurisdictions right across North America, including those which already boast superior public education systems, have established charter schools because they clearly understand the advantages such schools offer public education. Can Atlantic Canada afford to fall even further behind?
Energizing New Brunswick Power
In Energizing New Brunswick Power, AIMS author Thomas Tucker provides analysis of NB Power's submission to the NB Legislative Committee on Crown Corporations.
Taking Ownership
Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, features contributions from some of the world's foremost fisheries experts, the book examines Canada current fisheries regime - based chiefly on common property, and government regulations and enforcement - and the emerging alternative, based on the establishment of property rights in the fisheries, usually through individual transferable quotas.
Allocating the Catch Among Fisherman
One of Canada's most recognised authorities in natural resource management, provides an illuminating look at the history of Individual Transferable Quotas and other forms of property in the fishery, the present position, and suggests thoughtful principles to guide decision makers into the future.
New Brunswick Power Failure
Thomas Adams, executive director of the Toronto-based Energy Probe and AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley presented the findings of this report in October of 1996 to the New Brunswick Legislature's Standing Committee on Crown Corporations. Adams' report recommends quickly opening up New Brunswick's power market to competition, dismantling NB Power into its component parts, and privatizing most of those parts.