Buy less gas, begs oil exec
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated a lot of attention for energy conservation. The surprise to many was that the person delivering the message represents the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute.
Fuel for Thought:
A Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil
High prices will lead to conservation
AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing generated debate in New Brunswick about how best to encourage energy conservation. While NB's Opposition Leader says the way to go is tax incentives, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley points out it is a person's wallet that will change behaviour.
Want Lower Gas Prices? Stop Driving
This story on the front page of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal is based on AIMS' "Fuel for Thought" Breakfast Briefing with Carol Montreuil, VP of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute. His presentation surprised many when he told the audience to use less energy.
Extraordinary reverie
A suggestion by Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald that he would use future oil and gas royalties for general revenue, not debt repayment, did not go down well with the editorial writers at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. In this article they tell the Premier to listen to Brian Lee Crowley and AIMS. Similar editorials appeared in the Truro Daily News and the New Glasgow Evening News.
NB gas regulation will pump up prices
Gas regulation provides political benefits for the government but no real benefits for consumers. That's the message delivered by AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley in this news story about the passage in New Brunswick of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act.
The Beacon, 30 May 2006
Catastrophic drug coverage, equalization, government subsidies and Atlantica are all covered in this edition of The Beacon.
Newfoundland: Open Season on Business?
Is Newfoundland really open for business? AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley triggered animated debate during the final panel at the 2006 NOIA conference in St. John's with his remarks titled "Newfoundland: Open Season on Business".
The Beacon, 24 April 2006
In this edition of The Beacon there's news on the catastrophic gap in drug coverage; a new paper that shows aquaculture is FARMING, not fishing; and a lesson in resource revenue economics.
The meaning of Ralph
When oil prices were in the basement, Ralph Klein was hot. Now that oil prices are hot, the Alberta premier's popularity is waning. In this article, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley uses the story of Ralph in a tale of resource revenue economics. Links to other AIMS work on resource revenues are included at the end of the article.