Publisher's welcome and election comments
By Ish Theilheimer
  Fear and loathing in the Ottawa Valley, home of Alliance's two-seat Ontario breakthrough.
 

Explaining Canada's election to American friends (and ourselves)
  "Natural Governing Party" polarizes electorate and wins...

Deflating five election myths
By Marc Zwelling
  A pollster explains what Canadians were really saying by snubbing the NDP and electing more Liberals.

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Also on the federal election:
Moral idealogues like Day threaten straight sex
By Lindsey McKay
  The right to abortion - an unspoken, condition of straight sex - is threatened by religious ideologues such as Stockwell Day
 

Two political solitudes in Canada - men and women
  Larry Haiven wants to join the other side.
 
 
 

Consumer exclusives:
Is homeschooling a threat to public schools?
  Philip Moscovitch reports from Halifax that the real threat comes from a political push for vouchers.
 
 
 
 

Ad-blocking software makes surfing faster and better
  Todd Smith tells why he loves it, why it isn't going away and where to get it.

The Straight Goods Forum: WHITHER (wither?) YOUR MONEY?
  Larry Solway says the warning signs are all there for an economic slowdown and politicians need to wake up to protect people from the impact. Economist, Mike McCracken, of Informetrica logs in with his own views of how Canadians can protect themselves from economic turbulence.

Now it's your turn. Are the chickens of an over-valued market going to come home to roost? Will governments retain the tools to deal with economic crisis? What will the impact of energy price increases be on the stock market and economy? How will all this affect consumers and workers?
See what others have written and add your views.
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The crumbling foundation of Medicare in BC
  Donna Vogel of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives writes that community health services for seniors have been eroded dangerously in BC due to provincial and federal cuts.

International:
Will new UN ruling help the people of Burma?
By Penny Sanger
  Unprecedented ruling by the International Labour Organization expected November 30 on forced labour.

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