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Rip Van Regulator: CBC president helps write CRTC obituary

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2016-04-05T12:57:01+00:00 May 29th, 2000|In the Media|

“As the CRTC sinks slowly into irrelevancy, it will whine about protecting Canadian culture and the need for regions to be "reflected" to themselves and to the rest of us. (Is Toronto a region? We should be told.) “But it's too late. Pathetic pleas won't work because the CRTC is in no better position to survive than were those thousands of monks who, before Gutenberg, copied all books by hand. The regulatory tide is on its way out for the control-culture freaks of the CRTC.”

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Atlantic Canada’s bind

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-24T00:00:00+00:00 May 24th, 2000|In the Media|

In its editorial pages, The Globe and Mail has endorsed the analysis of Atlantic Canada's economic problems contained in the Institute's first book, Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth. Moreover, it has recommended that the region's four premiers draw inspiration from it in their quest to end the region's dependence on transfers from Ottawa. Gift Horse was the first Institute publication to win the prestigious Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Prize for excellence in think tank publications.

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Not quite ready to kick the habit

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 May 19th, 2000|In the Media|

No one can be opposed to more co-operation among the Atlantic provinces, so the recent announcement by the four premiers of the creation of a Council of Atlantic Premiers is welcome news. In this column in The Globe and Mail, however, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley writes that while the premiers may have created a good vehicle, they are still trying to go in the wrong direction with it. The answer to the region's problems does not lie in yet more federal money, which is what they spent most of their time asking for. Been there, done that - and it doesn't work.

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Silent partner in Voisey’s Bay

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-18T00:00:00+00:00 May 18th, 2000|In the Media|

If the rich Voisey's Bay mineral deposit were in Alberta or Ontario, Inco would be developing it today. Hundreds, if not thousands, of well-paid jobs would be created, generating lots of economic activity and new government revenue. Yet in Newfoundland, with its declining population, and high debt, taxes and unemployment, Voisey's Bay languishes. Why? Because of the silent third party to the talks, hovering like Banquo's ghost over the negotiations between Brian Tobin's government and Inco.

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Buddy, can you spare a vote?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 May 15th, 2000|In the Media|

In a new interview in Canadian Business magazine, AIMS' former Senior Policy Analyst, Fred McMahon gives some insight into the content of his next book, Retreat From Growth: Atlantic Canada and the Negative-Sum Economy. The book, a companion volume to the Institute's successful Road to Growth: How Lagging Economies Become Prosperous, will be released by AIMS this summer.

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Do school boards add value to education?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 May 10th, 2000|In the Media|

Do we really need school boards? That's the question AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley asks in the wake of the Nova Scotia government's attempt to cut education spending. Experience elsewhere suggests that they can be eliminated, while improving school performance, accountability and local autonomy. And it saves money to boot! Publication: CHH, May 10, 2000.

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The future of NB Power

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 May 8th, 2000|In the Media|

In an interview with Moncton CBC's Information Morning, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argued that there is lots of room for co-operation between New Brunswick Power and Nova Scotia Power, including a potential merger as one possible outcome. Before the region can realise the benefits of the potential synergies, however, New Brunswick must get politics out of its electricity industry, as Nova Scotia has largely done through privatisation. A privatised and regionalised power utility would be in a good position to cut costs and to compete in international export markets. New Brunswick's electricity status quo is untenable, and is certainly incompatible with the growing movement toward deregulation and open energy markets.

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Hamm’s moment of truth

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 April 26th, 2000|In the Media|

In his regular newspaper column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that NS Premier John Hamm's government is approaching a critical juncture. Fixing the province's finances is, by any measure, the government's most pressing problem. But the Premier and his ministers cannot seem to fix on a strategy that will allow them to do so, while maintaining public support. Experience from other countries shows, though, that fixing the deficit can be politically popular, if the sacrifices are shared by everyone, and the government doesn't cave in to special interests. Time, however, is rapidly running out. Publication: CHH, April 26, 2000.

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Time for politicians to hang up magic wand

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 April 12th, 2000|In the Media|

In this week's Chronicle Herald, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley does something he rarely gets the chance to: commend the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland governments for their response to public cries for gas price regulation Publication: CHH, April 12, 2000.

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There may be short-term pain to balance the books but now is the time to do it

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2000-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 April 10th, 2000|In the Media|

On the eve of the Nova Scotia provincial budget, the Halifax Herald invited AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to make the case why the province needs to balance its budget and reduce spending. Publication: CHH, April 10, 2000.

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