The GST is getting another reduction, according to the Conservative government. Announced Oct. 6, the second cut to the tax in as many years is proving highly controversial. "Do tax cuts pay for themselves? Well, certainly the GST reduction didn't," said Global Insight, an Ottawa-based think tank.
For many years, the environment was simply a political non-issue. Environmentalists, on the whole, were seen as fringe interest groups, with little to no public support behind their proposed initiatives. In the past two years, thanks in part to inclement weather shifts, environmental disasters and Al Gore, environmental degradation has finally burst into the political limelight, and politicians are jumping on board.
The Daily Standford After studying the virtual worlds in games like "Second Life" and "World of Warcraft," a question naturally arose for Princeton Communication professor Byron Reeves: can these complex and immensely popular interaction systems be used for anything other than entertainment? Enter Seriosity, a company dedicated to applying the ideas and economics of popular online games to real-world workplaces.
