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.
The Beacon, 30 June 2006
How Canada's Equalization program over-equalizes. How the fishery needs to be rationalized. How the Newfoundland government is hampering business in that province. And how agriculture needs to work in today's world, not yesterday's. All this and more in this edition of The Beacon.
Taking a page from AIMS:
OECD prescription for Canada’s economic health mirrors AIMS’ work in equalization, EI, federal-provincial relations & more.
Agriculture must compete in today’s world, not yesterday’s
The message is simple, 'the world doesn’t adapt to us'. When people are free to buy what they please, you have to give them what they want. In his fortnightly column, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley explains this principle is relevant to everything we do in Atlantic Canada, but nowhere is it more important than in agriculture.
Farmers warned of changes ahead
Industry cannot get locked into always doing things the way they have been done, but should adapt to the new reality. AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley used the agriculture industry as an example during a luncheon address to an economic conference in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. His remarks were featured in the provincial edition of The Chronicle-Herald.
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.
Nyerere vs Flores: Which vision for King’s County?
When people are free to buy what they please, you have to give them what they want, so explains AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley in this Commentary based on remarks he delivered to an economic summit in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. He says the principle is relevant to everything we do in Atlantic Canada, but nowhere is it more important than in agriculture.