The Stockholm Solution
You're stuck in traffic, trying to get home and you think - there has to be a better way. AIMS Senior Fellow in Urban Policy says in fact there is.
Atlantica makes Ottawa debut
AIMS presentation before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Trade attracted attention in Ottawa, when it explained that its Atlantica concept isn't just good for Atlantic Canada, it's good for the nation.
When Tea and Sympathy are not Enough
It is considered one of the most pressing issues in health care in Canada, the catastrophic gap in prescription drug coverage. On 16 May 2006, AIMS gathered the leading experts from across the country to discuss the topic. This is a summary of the "When Tea and Sympathy are not Enough" conference.
How do you beat City Hall?
AIMS Breakfast Briefing with Larry N. Mitchell
A Big Bet on Natural Gas
Last year, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies published a paper on LNG, which pointed out that liquefied natural gas offered a huge opportunity to Atlantic Canada and Atlantica. However, author Angela Tu-Weissenberg said that opportunity was fleeting and there was a lot of competition. This article in The New York Times proves her point.
The Beacon, 3 October 2006
Read about Atlantica in the Globe and Mail; learn about the history of public sector unions in Canada; listen in on remarks to Canada's senior bureaucrats - all this and more in this edition of The Beacon.
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone
In this op/ed in The New York Post, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains the real reason why brand-name drugs cost less in Canada. In reply to an ad campaign by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) urging Congress to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, Crowley explains the reason isn't simply price controls. And he tells Americans to be very careful what they wish for.
Turning Shipwrights into Masons
There was a time when Canada was considered one of the greatest shipbuilding nations in the world. No more. Can it be revived and how can that be done?
Tearing down walls to build ships:
Tariffs have not helped shipbuilding and have hurt shipping.