Legislative committee considering regulations to increase price of gasoline
Retail price support would cost Nova Scotians
Can the Atlantic Offshore be Revived? AIMS to Canadian Institute
At the Canadian Institute's Atlantic Gas Symposium held on 20 July 2004 in Halifax, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley was invited to give a major address on opportunities in the offshore oil and gas industry on the east coast.
The imperative of regional coherence
The International Northeast, defined by geography and economic prospect, it is, at least, Atlantic Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Quebec, Ontario and New York. To see these states and provinces listed together may be jarring to some. Yet, the map does not lie: these states and provinces share a geographic region... our shared region. If this is so, why does it matter? Because we are in the midst of a historic realignment of economics and trade. In this article for Business Voice Magazine Tim Woodcock, a Bangor attorney, board member of the East- West Highway Association, and former mayor of the City of Bangor outlines why he believes in the creation of a regional forum for the development and implementation of common regional goals.
AIMS Online, June 17, 2004
Urban Chic, Plugging Atlantica into the Emerging Global Network, Social Policy and the New Economy, David Zitner on Health Care Innovation and more.
Science, emotion and the public interest: Aquaculture in the news
AIMS paper investigates the role of activism on media and public opinio
Framing The Fish Farmers
Author Jeff Chatterton examines media coverage surrounding the aquaculture industry to determine the extent to which these reports reflect reality or are the product of journalists relying too uncritically on advocacy groups for information about aquaculture and its impact.
DO CITIES CREATE WEALTH?
Along with healthcare and taxation, a "new deal for cities" has become a theme of the 2004 federal election. This restructuring of the relationship between Ottawa and Canada’s municipalities has moved to centre stage, but are the arguments being put forward for new senior government intervention in the life of the country’s cities sound?
AIMS Online – June 10, 2004
Nation States and Economic Regions in the Global Network: Michael Gallis at AIMS. Also Nova Scotia's Knowlege Economy, Brian Lee Crowley on taxes and AIMS debates federal NDP leader Jack Layton before Atlantic mayors.
Atlantic Prosperity: AIMS debates Jack Layton before Atlantic Mayors in Moncton
Invited by outgoing Mayor Brian Murphy of Moncton to speak opposite Jack Layton, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, in a friendly debate about the future of Atlantic Canada, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley presented an optimistic view of Atlantic Canada.
AIMS Fellow David Zitner – Health Care Innovator
In April of this year, AIMS' Health Policy Fellow Dr. David Zitner of Dalhousie University wrote an opinion piece for the National Post outlining the benefits of health care co-operatives. In the article, Dr. Zitner says "Patient co-ops are a way to inject more money into the health care system without raising taxes; to improve the quality, speed, efficiency and convenience of contacts with medical professionals via technology; and to encourage more specialization among various levels of professionals like primary care nurses working under a physician's supervision. Patient power starts here." The patient co-op seems to be an idea whose time has come in Nova Scotia. A patient co-operative is being proposed by a Pictou County doctor. In this article from the Truro Daily news, Dr. Zitner and Diane Kelderman, CEO of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Council say "the concept of community run, medical co-operatives are the wave of the future."