AIMS Remarks to Federal Finance Committee
Don McIver, Director of Research AIMS presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Top Ten Things People Believe About Canadian Health Care But Shouldn’t
It is a good thing Canadian health care is not a patient in the health care system. Thirty years of poor policy decisions have caused it irreparable harm and the wait time for the appropriate corrective procedure seems to boarder on infinite. This Commentary by AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley exposes the most commonly held misconceptions about health care in Canada.
Is the Drive for Cheaper Drugs Costing Lives?
In these remarks to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health Don McIver, AIMS’ Director of Research, argues that Canadians must be careful the drive to supply today’s patients with low cost medicines doesn’t deprive tomorrow’s sick of the new medicines they need.
Atlantica – One Region, Two Futures
Momentum builds in the Atlantica project as a variety of initiatives bring people together from both sides of the Canada - US border
Newfoundland needs more than a switch
Polls are indicating the Progressive Conservative Party will come to Power in today's Newfoundland provincial election. Questions will now be asked about the policy direction of a government under PC Leader Danny Williams. AIMS Fellow Peter Fenwick, who writes for AIMS on Newfoundland policy issues, has turned his mind to what a Williams government's priorities will be, given the leader's policy positions and the evolution of the election campaign. In this item originally published in the October 21st National Post, Fenwick says beyond a modest commitment to eliminate civil servant positions and balance the budget, the PC agenda appears to be business as usual.
“Foreshore, Law and Politics” – AIMS at the New Zealand Parliament
October 4th, 2003 at an International Coference in New Zealand, Brian Lee Crowley gave a talk entitled “Who should own the sea and why it matters” outlining how the benefits of individual quotas or property rights will result in sustainable fisheries. In conjunction with this speech. Dr. Crowley took the opportunity to release AIMS major paper on aquaculture completed in cooperation with the Canadian Aquaculture Institute.
State Run Auto Insurance: How to make a bad situation… worse
Insurance, particularly auto insurance, has been a “hot” issue over the past year. Emotions have been running high and that leaves people vulnerable to the latest scheme that sounds like it will solve the problem with the wave of a magic wand.
Maine Maritime Business Summit Introduction
AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley opening of the first Maine Maritime Business Summit including introduction of featured speakers.
Underdosing on drugs
Drug companies will invest in finding the next miracle treatment only if they can recoup their expenses. The search for disease-defeating and life-prolonging drugs is hugely expensive. Industry estimates that it costs around $1-billion to develop each major new drug. Can Canada afford to continue selling cheap drugs and how long will the United States tolerate Canadians taking a free ride on their research dollars? In a commentary carried in various US newspapers and the well regarded web forum TechCentralStation.com, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that research won't occur unless someone is willing to pay for it. That someone has been the American consumer.
First the Gas, then the Grid: Keeping the Cart Behind the Horse
At the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Gas Association in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley made the case that while some believe that Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have opposing interests in natural gas, nothing could be further from the truth. Both would benefit more from increased gas exploration and development, and both would be harmed by a premature extension of the national gas distribution grid to uneconomic areas.