Atlantica

A wedge of territory, which some are now calling Atlantica, has been outside the charmed circle of North American prosperity for years but now faces the end of an economic era and the opportunity to seize control again. This corner of North America encompasses not only Atlantic Canada but also embraces the sliver of the United States that reaches from Maine through New Hampshire and Vermont and into northern New York State. AIMS President, Brian Lee Crowley, suggests that continental free trade and globalization may put an end to the isolation of Atlantica. The east west axis for development of North America is being supplemented by a drive to stitch back together the old north-south trade routes that had flourished across the continent before 1867. If Atlantica is to escape the role of geographic backwater to which the last century relegated us, a new cross-border coalition must be built. Many American politicians, including both New York senators, have endorsed a call for Washington

AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley argues that Atlantic Canada's economic future lies in large part in building a new cross border region with New England: Atlantica.