The 100 Percent Solution
This third installment in AIMS' Special Commentary Series on Equalization provides a fresh approach on the treatment of non-renewable resource revenues under Equalization.
Just too many – plants, boats & people
How the rationalization of the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery is the key to its future.
The Flypaper Effect
Does Equalization really contribute to better public services, or does it just 'stick to' politicians and civil servants? The second of AIMS' special Equalization Series.
Why Some are More Equal than Others
In this first of a Commentary series on Equalization, AIMS looks beyond the dollars and cents to the actual public services. It shows Canada over-equalizes.
A Strategy for Unlocking the Halifax Gateway
In this Commentary, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains the next steps for Atlantica. In the keynote speech to the Halifax Shipping Association, Crowley says if we fail to make Atlantica work, the region will be left behind.
Atlantica: Are we mature enough to open our window on the world?
This Commentary is based on remarks made by AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley to the Reaching Atlantica conference in June 2006. It takes the next steps in the Atlantica concept and explains what needs to be done to take advantage of the opportunities.
Following the Money Trail II
Setting the record straight, again. Five years after the first Money Trail, AIMS examines where Atlantic Canada sits in the federal subsidy rankings, and it isn't last.
Nyerere vs Flores: Which vision for King’s County?
When people are free to buy what they please, you have to give them what they want, so explains AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley in this Commentary based on remarks he delivered to an economic summit in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. He says the principle is relevant to everything we do in Atlantic Canada, but nowhere is it more important than in agriculture.
Newfoundland: Open Season on Business?
Is Newfoundland really open for business? AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley triggered animated debate during the final panel at the 2006 NOIA conference in St. John's with his remarks titled "Newfoundland: Open Season on Business".
Increasing the Iron Horse Population in Buffalo
Think of Buffalo as a port of call instead of the end of the line. This Commentary examines how integral Buffalo can be to the Atlantica concept.