Corporate rights come at expense of citizens, taxpayers - Linda McQuaig
  Corporate polluters like Methanex can sue cities their victims under NAFTA/FTAA rules.
 

Will Canadian border close to FTAA protesters? - Darryl Leroux
  Protestors plan to cross from US through Akwesasne if denied entry at border points.
 

For more on FTAA, visit Straight Goods' Summit Web Page

Fantino's snipers an affront to democracy - Larry Solway
  Some conspiracy theories are well founded...
 
 

Straight Goods Forum Do you see evidence of growing repression in your community? Is globalization part of a larger picture of citizens losing control? Tell Straight Goods and see what others are saying... Then Take the Straight Goods poll: Do you have reason to believe repression of dissent is growing in Canada?

Good neighbours make good fences
  "Something there is that doesn't like a wall." Jim Kempkes' latest animation vision.
(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.)

Corporation and the schools
Selling the Classroom to Save the School - Paul Pellizzari
  Schools face heavy pressure to commercialize everything they can.

Health care
"Canadians don't realize how lucky they are" - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
  Public funding, more family docs make Canadian health care system run better.
 

Working
The Story Of Canadian Labour - Larry Katz reviews an ambitious history produced by the CLC.
 
 

Busless in Vancouver - Tom Sandborn
  Bad management and mega-project result in "savage" transpo problems for low-income Vancouverites.

Remembrance of Work Time Standards Lost - Tom Walker
  Mainstream economists have completely blown the issue of working time and perpetuated the lump-of-labour hoax.
 

The Straight Goods Report - Ish Theilheimer, Publisher
 
 
 

Make me laugh:
Dumb puns and other play on words

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
How does Baffin Island compare in size with Europe?

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