It's time to let Cape Breton's coal industry die a natural death. The cost of keeping it alive is just too immense in wasted treasure, pollution, lost jobs, and squandered economic opportunity throughout Nova Scotia. Fred McMahon-1998
The uncharitable might say that any lawyer at all is one too many. But as Don Cayo writes, the facts suggest the legal profession is falling on politically hard times, at least in this region.
Frank McKenna Presents a Vision for Atlantic Canada's Future
The Maritimes have been poor for a long time, but not forever. And a lot of our latter-day woes are policy-driven. It was the result of not only our own greed and stupidity, but also much that was imposed on us by our friends on Parliament Hill. Don Cayo on regional development.
In 1997, AIMS president Don Cayo examines the Supreme Court ruling on aboriginal rights to log on crown lands.
We need open and forthright debate on Atlantic Canada's Economic Future
Atlantic Canada certainly has got people's attention up in Ottawa following the federal election. There is no doubt a burning desire there to "do something" following the Liberals' rout in the region. This should make us all a little nervous.
If governments can set and meet targets for reducing the deficit, why not do the same for unemployment?
Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Impact of Federal Transfers on Atlantic Canada
Baffling. That is the only way to describe public reaction to the Nova Scotia government’s recent announcement that it is pouring tens of millions of dollars more aid into Sydney Steel. It’s not baffling that the government has made the decision, of course. That was perfectly, if depressingly, predictable. What is baffling is why people are mystified that the government would stump up more cash.