"Real" news:
Sudbury showdown threatens all labour unions
  Mick Lowe tells why the 5-month strike at Falconbridge near Sudbury is the most important strike in Canada you've never heard of.

Alberta - Canada's rich kid on the block
  Marc Lee of Vancouver writes that rising oil prices have created a budget surplus for Alberta and real problems for other provinces.
 
 

National Post loses election bid
By Linda McQuaig
  But Chretien Liberals offer consolation prize by stealing David Frum/Conrad Black policy wish-list.
 
 
 

Consumer/Un-consumer news:
Notes from Banking Hell
  Straight Goods editor Susan Sperling tells how the Scotia Bank cash machine almost ate her paycheques.
 
 

Xmas Xcess
  Pat Daley returns to Straight Goods talking about commercials we hate and how you can fight back.

New Christmas rituals that embrace human values
  Carolyn Pogue writes of small movements of people who want to reclaim Christmas.
 
 

I'm dreaming of an ethical holiday
By Kathe Lieber
  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.

Stuff we really don’t want for Christmas
  New holiday animation from Jim Kempkes. Consumer stuff that does no one a favour.
  (You need Shockwave^® software to view this cartoon and others in the Straight Goods cartoon gallery - it takes a few minutes to download, but it's not hard to install and it's absolutely free.)

The Straight Goods Forum: Political lameness and rigidity on Global Warming Larry Solway says environmental orthodoxy and political cowardice are blocking real action. Now it's your turn. What do YOU think of Global Warming politics? State your views and see what others have written. Take the Straight Goods poll.

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