Kathe Lieber is dreaming of an ethical holiday
  Imagine a mall-free December with no crowds, no canned choruses of The Little Drummer Boy, no overheated children screaming for the latest overhyped toy.

The Straight Goods Forum: Law-and-Order-politics Larry Solway makes the case that extreme cases make bad laws. Criminal justice reform worker James Scott says "Its not about crime - its about finding a scapegoat for our fears and negativity." Lawyer Scott Newark says Larry's wrong and that official crime rate stats conceal troubling realities and legitimate public concerns. Now it's your turn. What do YOU think of law-and-order politics? State your views and see what others have written. Take the Straight Goods poll.

Canadian public funding migrates into US health care market
By Colleen Fuller
  Straight Goods' Vancouver correspondent who broke the Diane Marleau story last march writes that private insurers are pushing for two-tier cross-border health care.

Governing with hypocrisy
  Aaron Freeman writes that the Chretien Liberals' arrogance and lack of accountability is fueling public cynicism and detachment, contributing to the lowest voter turnout in years.
  Click to fax the Prime Minister to ask for that special phone call on your behalf.

Vehicle "feebates" could help clean air
  Dale Marshall of CCPA - BC argues that incentives to less-polluting vehicles can be part of a sensible plan to clean the air.

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.

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

Publisher's welcome:
By Ish Theilheimer
  Greetings from Alliance's Ontario beachhead...
 
 
 

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