Long-term Planning
Progress magazine publisher Neville Gilfoy dedicates his September column to Atlantica and how the recent election of a US businessman to the executive of the Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce is a step in the right direction.
Oceanex Emerging as a Significant Atlantic Carrier
The Port of Halifax is the front door to Atlantica. In the post-Panamax era, Halifax can be the first port of call for the mega container ships using the Suez Canal route from Asia to North America. But the back door of the port is just as important to Atlantica. Short sea shipping will move the containers to the major North American markets & to Atlantica ports. This article from Investors Digest examines one home-grown company that is a short sea shipping success.
Good News for Atlantica
Roads, bridges, and crossings are important infrastructure to ensure Atlantica is prepared for its role in free trade and globalization. As the oft-forgotten corner of the North American continent, such asphalt and steel was frequently neglected due to the lack of money for proper maintenance and upgrades. That’s beginning to change in the US northeast, an integral link in the Atlantica chain. The US Congress has approved a comprehensive, six-year, highway spending bill which includes billions of dollars for transportation projects in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and New Hampshire.
Looting Ontario to undermine poor provinces
Equalization doesn't work. In this op-ed article in The Toronto Star, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley and AIMS director of research services Bruce Winchester spell it out, clearly and definitively. They explain that the money Ottawa takes to help other provinces, is actually harming those provinces. And they suggest change will only come when Ontarians stop being so timid and apologetic about demanding real reform of Canada's regional transfers.
Good intentions gone wrong
Major new Ontario study uses AIMS’ work to explain why equalization hurts both payers and beneficiaries
Atlantic Canada well-served by AIMS
In the second of this two part series, Moncton Times-Transcript columnist Norbert Cunningham concludes his review of AIMS, its accomplishments, successes and contributions. He congratulates the institute on its 10th anniversary and for winning the 2005 Templeton Freedom Award for Institute Excellence.
Taking aim at Atlantic Canada’s think-tank
In this first of a two part series, Times-Transcript columnist Norbert Cunningham remembers the birth of AIMS and pays tribute to the independence of the work it has done through its first ten years.
A Tale of Two Cities: How to put the International Northeast at the centre of the new global trading patterns.
The Atlantica message is being heard by some of the most influential policy makers, business leaders and academics on both sides of the border. This commentary is based on a talk AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley made in Connecticut at the invitation of the Council of State Governments.
Council of State Governments
AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley was invited by the Council of State Governments to make a presentation on Atlantica to the Eastern Regional Conference in Connecticut in July.
Education superintendent uses hands-on assessment
Angus McBeath brought members of PEI's Task Force on Student Achievement inside a successful and heralded school system. AIMS brought McBeath to the task force meeting in Charlottetown so members could hear first hand why the Edmonton school system is such a successful one. In this article in the Charlottetown Guardian, McBeath explains the importance of standardized testing.