Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is a think tank based in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Funding
AIMS is incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit group in the U.S. and in Canada. On its website, AIMS states that it is funded by "contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and other organizations, as well as by the sales of our publications." It does list its "patrons" between 1995 and 2005 in its 2004-2005 Annual Report, and acknowledges the ongoing support of "several anonymous donors".
AIMS president, Brian Lee Crowley, is also on the Board of Directors of a similar think tank, the Frontier Institute for Public Policy, in Manitoba. [1]Brian Lee Crowley has a regular column in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia's major newspaper.
The Institute promotes free-market ideology, and is at the forefront of the battle against public health care in CAnada. Among its sponsors or "patrons" it lists the pharmaceutical giants, Pfizer and Merck Frosst.
Personnel
- Brian Lee Crowley, President
- Charles Cirtwill, Vice President & Director of Operations
- Karen Fraser, Finance
- Lynne Pascoe, Events
- Rosanna White, Operations Manager
- Lisa Savoie, Research Assistant
- Jamie MacNeil, Manager of Health Policy
- Bruce Winchester, Director of Research Services
- Jenifer Tsang, Development Manager
- Barbara Pike, Director of Communications
Board of Directors
- Purdy Crawford, Chairman Emeritus
- David McD. Mann, Chairman
- Peter C. Godsoe, Vice Chairman
- John F. Irving, Vice Chairman
- John C. Walker, Vice Chairman
Contact Details
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies
2000 Barrington Street, Suite 1006
Cogswell Tower
Halifax NS B3J 3K1
phone: (902) 429-1143
fax: (902) 425-1393
E-Mail: aims AT aims.ca
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