The current economic woes may affect Atlantica in the short term, and AIMS Director of Research Ian Munro says government must present a competitive tax regime, promote schools and universities, and ensure the infrastructure is in place, such as good roads and ports, to accommodate increased traffic.
Using the Port of Halifax as the gateway for Atlantica has been the topic for considerable debate. This transcript of a conversation between AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley and Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Associate Professor at the Department of Global Studies and Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, provides insight of the opportunities and obstacles.
The Atlantica Centre for Energy issued this Discussion Paper to show why the region is uniquely positioned to serve as the Energy Hub for the International Northeast by reviewing the area's diverse mix of energy related assets. However, the paper also warns that unless project proponents, governments and the community begin to take meaningful action now, the labour supply challenge is a crisis "on our doorstep" that could detrimentally affect the major Energy Hub projects.
This Paper, the 4th in the AIMS Atlantic Port Series, looks at the port typology and determines where the Port of Halifax fits.
TBA - EU - promixity to Atlantica - linking markets in NA with Europe - etc.
A meeting of Eastern Premiers and New England Governors shows the Atlantica concept is making its way to public policy. The 2008 annual meeting of these top politicial leaders included talk of uniformity across borders, whether provincial or state, for such issues as transportation, regulation and energy.
A look beyond goods to labour and why an ageing Canada needs access to other countries' workforces.
Talk of harmonizing truck regulations dominated a meeting of New England governors and eastern Premiers. Harmonization has been a topic of several papers and Commentaries on Atlantica.
This article in the Christian Science Monitor explains that the US Northeast will obtain oil, gas, and nuclear energy from projects costing $16 billionin the New Brunswick region. However, it also talks about the fear some residents have that the new initiatives will lead to pollution and negative health effects.
A talk by AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to the Maine Citizens' Trade Committee of the State Legislature is the basis of this feature in the New Brunswick Business Journal. It uses the example of 19th century Chicago to show how economic development can make N.B. prosperous.