AIMS Special Equalization Series has gained attention across the country, including in this column in the Winnipeg Free-Press. The author provides some advice for Premier Gary Doer, but also points out some of the excesses of equalization as highlighted in the AIMS series.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated debate in New Brunswick about how best to encourage energy conservation. While NB's Opposition Leader says the way to go is tax incentives, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out it is a person's wallet that will change behaviour.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, attracted media attention from around the region. For many reporters, the message was a surprising one, use less fuel.
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated a lot of attention for energy conservation. The surprise to many was that the person delivering the message represents the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute.
This story on the front page of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal is based on AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute. His presentation surprised many when he told the audience to use less energy.
A suggestion by Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald that he would use future oil and gas royalties for general revenue, not debt repayment, did not go down well with the editorial writers at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. In this article they tell the Premier to listen to Brian Lee Crowley and AIMS. Similar editorials appeared in the Truro Daily News and the New Glasgow Evening News.
Atlantica’s success will depend on connections: Business connections, physical connections and transportation connections.
A recent study by economists at Queen's University and the University of California at Santa Barbara, compared employment data in Maine and New Brunswick from 1940 to 1991. The comparison isn't flattering. The study confirms much of AIMS' research that EI hampers employment growth. The Telegraph-Journal called on AIMS to provide context for the study's findings.
The AIMS special Commentary Series on Equalization prompted editorials and columns across Canada. Alan Holman, a columnist with The Guardian, was prompted to write this column after reading that not only are there more civil servants per capita in equalization receiving provinces, but they are paid considerable more than the provincial average.
This editorial in the national edition of The Globe and Mail, reviews the first two papers in AIMS' special Equalization Commentary Series. It accepts the research saying Canada is over-equalizing, and concludes - "Enough already!"