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Carpe Diem: The modest fleeting opportunity LNG represents for Atlantic Canada.

By Brian Lee Crowley| 2016-04-04T16:54:51+00:00 June 27th, 2005|Op-ed|

It's heralded as the next big development. The next economic saviour for Atlantic Canada. It's Liquified Natural Gas. There are three proposals on the books for this latest entry in the region's energy projects. In a talk to the Canadian Institute's LNG/CNG Conference, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley says the window of opportunity is closing. He points out Atlantic Canadian jurisdictions have to move quickly and cooperatively, the lack of which have sunk a few "economic saviours" in the past.

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Gas regulation is a tangled and costly web of deception for consumers.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2005-06-15T00:00:00+00:00 June 15th, 2005|In the Media|

The Nova Scotia government started on its road to gas re-regulation to appease consumers indignate over gasoline at a dollar plus a litre. But as Brian Lee Crowley explains in his fortnightly column in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, the road has veered off course and now heads to even higher gas prices for consumers.

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Short-term Job Gains will cost Newfoundlanders millions of dollars

By Peter Fenwick| 2016-04-04T17:07:54+00:00 May 10th, 2005|Op-ed|

AIMS Research Fellow Peter Fenwick says Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is making a big mistake on offshore development. Fenwick says Williams is pushing for short-term jobs and economic activity, instead of waiting for the bigger royalty cheque when the project starts production.

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La réputation a son importance. AIMS dans La Presse sur l’avenir du ‘offshore’.

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2016-03-17T18:34:13+00:00 April 24th, 2005|In the Media|

Le problème qui survient lorsque votre réputation se gâte, c'est qu'une fois que les gens ont découvert qu'ils ne peuvent pas se fier à votre parole, lorsqu'ils se sont rendu compte que vous seul comptez à vos propres yeux et que vous n'accordez jamais d'importance aux autres, ils cessent de s'intéresser à vous. Et puis, même si vous vous amendez, il faut beaucoup de temps pour que quelqu'un s'en aperçoive. À l'heure actuelle, deux provinces canadiennes illustrent combien le climat d'investissement peut se détériorer rapidement et combien il faut de temps pour s'en remettre.

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Reputation Lost

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2016-03-17T18:33:33+00:00 April 20th, 2005|In the Media|

In a commentary in the Chronicle-Herald and the Times-Transcript, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley takes a look at how Atlantic Canada has spoiled its reputation within the oil and gas industry. And it's going to take a long time to rebuild it.

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Nova Scotia premier invests wisely upon sale of assets

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2005-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 February 9th, 2005|In the Media|

If you sell the house to buy the groceries you will soon have neither shelter nor food. It is this simple concept that Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm has understood and applied to the $830-million that Nova Scotia is expected to immediately receive as a result of the offshore accord just signed with the federal government. In his regular column, AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley applauds Premier Hamm for securing real long term gain from the sale of Nova Scotia's offshore assets and avoiding the potential economic and political pitfalls of attempting to spend or invest the $830 million.

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Le “offshore”: A quoi devraient servir les revenus?

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 November 28th, 2004|In the Media|

Dans sa chronique mensuel pour La Presse, Brian Lee Crowley, le président de AIMS, se pose la question suivante: si les provinces de Terre-Neuve et la Nouvelle-Ecosse remportent leur bataille avec Ottawa pour le contrôle des ressources pétrolières au large de ces deux provinces, que devraient-elles faires des sommes énormes qui renflouerait les caisses provinciales?

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Resource Revenues – what to do with them once you have them

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 November 17th, 2004|In the Media|

Now that it looks like Nova Scotia and Nefoundland and Labrador will win the latest federal-provincial debate about natural resource revenues, it is important to remember that an even more important question remains to be settled. What you do with the money once you've got it? Natural resource revenues are not reliable revenues nor are they akin to "normal" government revenues like sales or income taxes. As one time payments based on the fluctuating value of assets that are being permanently liquidated they should not be used to fund current demands that turn into long term commitments. Read this piece to see why and how one time windfalls, as natural resorce revenues inarguably are, need to be invested not wasted. Slightly different versions of this column appeared in both the Chronicle Herald and the Times and Transcript.

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Big energy projects falling out of favour

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 September 30th, 2004|In the Media|

AIMS’ President Brian Lee Crowley sets the stage for a rethinking of the Lower Churchill Hydroelectirc project in this piece published across Newfoundland. The U.S. marketplace - the main market for electricity generated in Labrador - is demanding smaller, more environmentally friendly sources of energy, says Crowley. "These big hydroelectric megaprojects are not as attractive as they once were."

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AIMS tells Post governments hold key to offshore’s survival

By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2004-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 September 1st, 2004|In the Media|

The persistence of an onerous costly regulatory and tax regime combined with poor exploration results to date in the Atlantic offshore make further exploration a hard sell to industry executives who can drill in basins around the world. Yet more exploration is vital to producing a viable, long-term industry. Oil and gas is the greatest opportunity Atlantic Canada has known in a generation, but if its current loss of momentum reaches the tipping point, it may take another generation to come back. Yet the same governments that claim to want nothing more than to help Atlantic Canada escape from under-development cannot seem to find the will simply to get out of the way. Read this article to find out more about what governments need to do to lift the regulatory roadblocks to a more robust offshore.

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