Britain's Shadow Government: Unelected, Unbalanced and Unaccountable
Through a network of unbalanced, almost-invisible committees, the government gets what it wants.
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Leftnews.org Status Update
An update of the status of leftnews.org.
Copyright and the Academy
A brief overview of copyright in the modern context and the way that copyright and publicly funded academic labour relate.
Student and Youth (Un)Employment
Community Supporters Of Locked Out Postal Workers Occupying MP John Baird's Constituency Office
Process used by Self-Sufficiency Task Force Undemocratic – Press Release
Many groups and individuals from all corners of New Brunswick are raising concerns about the lack of democracy employed in the process used by Premier Shawn Graham's Self-Sufficiency Task Force. We are calling on the Premier to open the discussion to all New Brunswick residents by holding public meetings across the province.
Budget's attacks on social and cultural research are short-sighted
Gradstudents Respond to NB Flat Tax Scheme
In June 2008, New Brunswick's Department of Finance released a paper entitled 'A Discussion Paper on New Brunswick's Tax System'. The report recommends implementation of a flat-tax system, a dramatic decrease in corporate tax rates, and increases in consumption taxes. Unfortunately, the discussion paper paints an overly flattering picture of its proposed changes and ignores the negative consequences of a flat-tax system.