The Beacon, 11 May 2006
Reaching consensus - AIMS invites discussion through the Canadian Health Care Consensus Group; AIMS tackles the catastrophic drug coverage problem in Atlantic Canada; and the institute publishes two new papers.
AIMS Launches Canadian Health Care Consensus Group
The Shape of Health Care to Come
The Shape of Health Care to come:
Leading health care, public policy, legal and other experts give voice
The Cornerstone: The case for a regional transmission rate
In this presentation, Gordon L. Weil says the time has come to resume talks on a regional transmission rate for the Maritimes and part of New England.
Beware of Governments Bearing Gifts
AIMS authors say last year's budget promises amounted to a C performance
Could Do Better 2
Could Do Better 2 shows that the governments of Atlantic Canada have not learned the lessons that out of control deficits and crushing debt should have taught them. Lower taxes, spending restraint and fiscal prudence encourage an environment of economic growth and sustainability. Instead, these governments continue to try to spend their way into our hearts, and as a result fail miserably to achieve the economic growth they are so earnestly pursuing.
Is competition wasteful when it comes to “waste management”?
In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley takes a critical look at HRM Mayor Peter Kelly's call for a provincial law forcing garbage created within a municipality to be dealt with in that municipality. Rather than being a call for not dumping on your neighbours, Crowley concludes the mayor's latest effort is simply a monopolist's attempt to capture the market and continue to collect fees out of line with the service provided. hh
Shipping In, Shipping Out:
Port of Halifax could be more successful by having it both ways.
Shipping Out
In this fifth paper of the AIMS Atlantica series, author James Frost shows how the Port of Halifax could be a rail-oriented gateway port and a water-based transshipment hub. Frost says the port could be more successful by having it both ways.
Lesson for Toronto: AIMS Fellow on Public Education Reform as teacher
The AIMS Angus McBeath North American Tour hit Toronto with a bang, as reporters scrambled to talk to the AIMS Fellow on Public Education Reform. Much as he has done on the other stops along the way, McBeath provides an example of how to save our public schools. In this story from The National Post, McBeath shows how it can be done.