A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move to other regions with more jobs. Such measures would go beyond the Harper government’s new policy that appears to require that some EI recipients take unfilled jobs but only in their own region. [...]
Think Tanks
Think Tanks
Peace pact with MILF must be backed by politicians–think tank
May 17, 2012
AN international think tank monitoring the peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has raised the possibility that the peace settlement being hammered out will not succeed unless the support of influential politicians in the affected provinces is tapped. The International Crisis Group (ICG) said the Aquino administration must ensure [...]
Heartland’s Refugees Start New Think Tank
May 17, 2012
On May 3rd, the Heartland Institute unveiled a controversial billboard equating belief in global warming with the beliefs of the Unabomber. This lead Heartland’s Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate project to spin off to become its own think tank. The new think tank’s director, Eli Lehrer, has long been an advocate for free market solutions [...]
ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks
May 17, 2012
The American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part because its membership includes major corporations as well as state legislators. Largely unnoticed has been the influence wielded by a third group of ALEC members: state-based think tanks. Two of those think tanks took center stage at last [...]
Gay marriage: One think tank avoids debate, hosts ceremony
May 17, 2012
While some think tanks are in a heated debate over same-sex marriage (especially after Vice President Biden and President Obama recently announced their support for it), others are simply choosing to host the ceremony. Jonathan Rausch, Brookings guest scholar and contributing editor at National Journal and The Atlantic, writes in a piece at Salon how [...]
Think-tank reveals overspend stretches back to 1990s
May 15, 2012
Low income households, 10 per cent of the population, were outspending their income by 40 per cent by 2007, according to a new report for the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation, authored by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. The report found from1997 to 2007, spending grew faster than incomes across all households, [...]
Inspiring them to create a scientific think tank
May 15, 2012
UK Immigration: Government should exclude students from migration targets says …
May 15, 2012
Story tools Print this articleEmail to a friendYour feedback Think tank the IPPR says that the Government should change its method of measuring student migration flows and only count students who stay on in the UK permanently in the net migration figures. The Government has pledged to reduce annual net migration to the UK from [...]
Danquah Institute Calls for Accurate Statistics as a Base for Planning
May 15, 2012
Policy and Government Think tank Danquah Institute says it is supremely important to ensure the accuracy and reliability of statistics produced by the Ghana Statistical Service, as it represents the base for planning; be it for use by the government, the private sector or the individual. According to a statement issued by the think tank, [...]
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