Turbulence ahead for Canadian air travel, based on US experience - Michael Janigan. Deregulation lessons from south of the border.

How to Cure Air Rage - Aaron Freeman. A practical way to give Canadian travelers control.

Publisher's welcome
Nortel's predictable plunge will hurt Canadians - Ish Theilheimer. But CEO John Roth got his tax cuts.

Unspinning RRSPs:
RRSPs can penalize lower-income workers - Richard Shillington. Working stiffs can actually lose money when they retire by buying in.

Also, from our archives:
- Invest in community instead of corporations - David Skinner
- Investing to meet human needs - Robert Walker
- RRSP in peace: How to avoid ten tax traps for people with modest incomes - Laura Ramsay

The Governor meets the Sado-Monetarists - Linda McQuaig. Bank of Canada still beating the drum for unemployment.

Air Rage Meter New Jim Kempkes animation. Suffering the pain of air travel... (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.)

Health news:
Lead candles a health hazard - U.S. bans leaded candles while Canada drags its feet.

Seasonal Affective Disorder makes a lot of us SAD - Suzanne Elston. Learning to cope with dark days depression that grips a half million Canadians.

Future of the Left:
Time ripe to restructure the NDP - Mel Watkins. Rare opportunity for the Canadian Left to reunite. Part 3 in series.

Blaming Bob Rae is still in fashion - Larry Solway. Everyone does, Left, Centre and Right, even if it's wrong.

From the frontlines:
- Mike Harris: a 10-year Adams Mine timeline
- Letter from Falconbridge

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
What Canadian city was the site of the first downtown mall in North America?

Straight Goods Forum #1, February 19 Air travel in Canada How have changes to air travel in Canada affected you, and what do you see coming down the runway? Speak your mind and see what others have written...

Straight Goods Forum #2, February 19 Uniting the Left? Mel Watkins says the NDP should re-unite with social activists. Larry Solway says many activists get caught up in their own hype. What do you think? Speak your mind and see what others have written...