AIMS' conference on the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage in Atlantic Canada attracted patients, health care workers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance brokers, and government officials. Media across the country picked up this story with its clear message that AIMS set the stage to place the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage on the national agenda.
On Thursday, May 11th, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley spoke to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto. His topic - equalization. His message - both Ontario and the Maritimes suffer from decades of federal equalization transfers. The National Post requested permission to publish his remarks in full in its weekend edition, on Saturday, May 13th.
In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley takes a critical look at HRM Mayor Peter Kelly's call for a provincial law forcing garbage created within a municipality to be dealt with in that municipality. Rather than being a call for not dumping on your neighbours, Crowley concludes the mayor's latest effort is simply a monopolist's attempt to capture the market and continue to collect fees out of line with the service provided. hh
The AIMS Angus McBeath North American Tour hit Toronto with a bang, as reporters scrambled to talk to the AIMS Fellow on Public Education Reform. Much as he has done on the other stops along the way, McBeath provides an example of how to save our public schools. In this story from The National Post, McBeath shows how it can be done.
The methods of interpersonal communication have changed dramatically in the past decade or two. From that one black rotary telephone that sat in a central location in the home, to the world of wireless, digital communication that includes text, audio and video. In this column, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out Canada needs to regulate for the times, not the bygone ages.
As he has done in Washington, Boston, Kansas City and Sacremento, Angus McBeath took Colorado Springs by storm. The AIMS Fellow for Public Education Reform explained that what Edmonton did to improve its schools, can be done anywhere in North America. This article provides a taste of the lesson.
When oil prices were in the basement, Ralph Klein was hot. Now that oil prices are hot, the Alberta premier's popularity is waning. In this article, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley uses the story of Ralph in a tale of resource revenue economics. Links to other AIMS work on resource revenues are included at the end of the article.
It's the hot topic these days at the first ministers' table, but what is it? Fiscal imbalance may be a new topic for most Canadians, but it's old hat for AIMS. Here is a primer for Canadians on what it is, what it means, and how to solve it.
En 'Contradictoire', l'auteur Brian Lee Crowley, président de Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, écrit: "Si Ralph Klein était une valeur négociable, il aurait une caractéristique un peu particulière. Lorsque le prix du pétrole serait bas, le prix de Ralph serait élevé. Mais l'inverse s'observerait également; si les prix du pétrole flambaient, la demande de Ralph chuterait. Qu'est-ce qui explique cette curieuse relation inverse?"
When talks broke down between government and industry to develop the Hebron Ben Nevis offshore oil project off Newfoundland and Labrador, the National Post came to AIMS for insight of what went wrong. In this article, AIMS Fellow in Newfoundland Issues Peter Fenwick explains the government position endangers all future development in the province.