Nova Scotia Budget:
The good news will be short-lived.
Equalization: The Help that Hurts
The very program established to help the poorer provinces in Confederation is actually doing the opposite. In this speech to a luncheon crowd in Winnipeg, Manitoba, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains that equalization is actually keeping the recipient provinces from making their own way in the world.
Another day older and deeper in debt.
The budget delivered last week by the Binns government failed to heed the advice of experts, or learn from the experience of those jurisdictions that have successfully turned their economies around. Economic growth is fueled by spending cuts, tax cuts, and debt reduction.
Finance minister denies spending out of control
On March 30th the New Brunswick finance minister delivered the provincial budget. AIMS was one of the experts called by the news media to provide pre-budget insight.
The Return to Profligacy
Hidden behind the mountain of extra federal money in Newfoundland and Labrador's budget is the awful truth that the provincial government plans to keep piling more and more debt upon the taxpayers of the province at close to half a billion dollars a year for the foreseeable future. The highest indebted taxpayers in the country will become even more crippled by the mountain of debt being piled upon them.
Failing to make it happen.
NB budget fails sustainability test.
Newfoundland Budget a Lost Opportunity
Even a Great Year wasn't Good Enough
Cabinet Minister Seeks AIMS’ Expertise on Economic Development
It was a roll call of the top experts in the field from across the country and beyond. The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, invited 25 people recognized in the field of economic development to Ottawa to discuss how Canada can get the best value from the money it spends on helping to develop the private sector in the Third World. Among the select list of invitees was the president of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), Brian Lee Crowley.
Paul Martin Flubs Leadership Test on Missile Defence
Paul Martin needed to show leadership on missile defence. In a commentary on CBC National Radio, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley says the Prime Minister flubbed the test on two counts. First by giving the Americans the impression Canada would participate and then reneging and second by not convincing opponents that it is in Canada's best interest to support the initiative.
Illusoire déséquilibre
Les provinces croient qu'elles peuvent camoufler leur intention de faire main basse sur les surplus d'Ottawa derrière de grands principes en disant qu'elles veulent régler le " déséquilibre fiscal ". Mais plus on cherche ce déséquilibre, plus il apparaît illusoire.