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 [...]
US think-tank warns China spat to worsen
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON D.C. – China’s growing belligerence in disputed waters of the South China Sea will only grow and worsen, according to testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “China has a coherent multi-dimensional approach to global competition which also includes the domination of sea-lanes and civil airspace in East Asia. This is one of Beijing’s [...]
Gay marriage: One think tank avoids debate, hosts ceremony
May 18, 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 [...]
Consultation to decide fate of residential schools
May 18, 2012
Consultation to decide fate of residential schools Updated at 2:23 pm today Critics of a Ministry of Education proposal to move special needs children out of residential care say they will be worse off if the plan goes ahead. The country’s four residential care facilities have until the middle of June to comment on the [...]
Canada and the U.S. to Consult on Improving Cross-Border Business
May 18, 2012
Canada and the U.S. to Consult on Improving Cross-Border Business Wednesday, May 16, 2012 May 14, 2012, Canada and the U.S. announced joint consultations with stakeholders on cross-border business travel between the two countries. The consultations which are efforts to enhance business travel between the U.S. and Canada will focus on two main goals as [...]
Pinewood Studios to consult on future development
May 18, 2012
17 May 2012 Last updated at 07:47 ET Pinewood Studios aims to produce a 20-year plan for its future development Pinewood Studios is starting talks with film producers, businesses and community groups about its future, after expansion plans were rejected. Bosses said the move was intended to stop the Buckinghamshire studios falling behind competitors. The [...]
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