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Letters to the editor responding to the March 31, 2008 issue are presented, including one responding to the article "The Wages of Peace," one responding to the article "The War and the Working Class," and one responding to the article "Smearing Obama."

The article describes the November 27, 2008 Canadian crisis in reaction to the government's fiscal update, which negatively impacted workers' rights and funding for political parties, leading the minority parties to fight back against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party. The members of Canada's Liberals and New Democratic Party formed a coalition against Harper. Parliament reconvenes on January 26, 2009.

The article reports that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper proposed a U.S.-Canadian pact on climate change after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama won the election. Critics claim that this measure is just Harper confirming that the U.S. will continue to buy petroleum products mined from Canada's Alberta tar sands. The article describes the environmental hazard created by the sands and questions whether Obama will agree with Harper's plan.

The article discusses the announcement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to expand its recruiting to military installations overseas. Recruiters urged American soldiers at the Kaiserlauten Military Community in Germany to consider a career as a border guard after leaving the military. The agency, which refers to the military as a "fertile source for applicants," has more than 48,000 employees with one-quarter of that number consisting of veterans.

A news brief is presented, reporting on the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary won by the film "Taxi to the Dark Side," which follows the case of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was captured and killed by U.S. interrogators at a military base in Afghanistan in 2002. The film will be shown in theaters and on HBO later in 2008.

The article describes the Hummer HX vehicle unveiled by the General Motors Corp. (GM), which will run on ethanol. GM is attempting to create a more green profile by researching with the energy company Coskata to develop cheaper methods of producing ethanol. Despite the environmental improvement, critics claim that it will still require around 450 pounds of corn to fill the Hummer with ethanol, a resource-intensive fuel.