Buy less gas, begs oil exec
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated a lot of attention for energy conservation. The surprise to many was that the person delivering the message represents the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute.
Conserve more energy
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, attracted media attention from around the region. For many reporters, the message was a surprising one, use less fuel.
High prices will lead to conservation
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated debate in New Brunswick about how best to encourage energy conservation. While NB's Opposition Leader says the way to go is tax incentives, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out it is a person's wallet that will change behaviour.
Fuel for Thought:
A Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil
Want Lower Gas Prices? Stop Driving
This story on the front page of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal is based on AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute. His presentation surprised many when he told the audience to use less energy.
Extraordinary reverie
A suggestion by Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald that he would use future oil and gas royalties for general revenue, not debt repayment, did not go down well with the editorial writers at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. In this article they tell the Premier to listen to Brian Lee Crowley and AIMS. Similar editorials appeared in the Truro Daily News and the New Glasgow Evening News.
Seaports Seek Air Connection
Atlantica’s success will depend on connections: Business connections, physical connections and transportation connections.
Too Many Cooks
This paper takes a different look at equalization and how best to create equal public services across Canada. Author Robin Neil suggests rather than using provincial differentiated transfers, equalization is better achieved through provincially differentiated taxes.
To prod economy, overhaul jobless benefits
A recent study by economists at Queen's University and the University of California at Santa Barbara, compared employment data in Maine and New Brunswick from 1940 to 1991. The comparison isn't flattering. The study confirms much of AIMS' research that EI hampers employment growth. The Telegraph-Journal called on AIMS to provide context for the study's findings.
A high price tag for our civil service
The AIMS special Commentary Series on Equalization prompted editorials and columns across Canada. Alan Holman, a columnist with The Guardian, was prompted to write this column after reading that not only are there more civil servants per capita in equalization receiving provinces, but they are paid considerable more than the provincial average.