Hoaxes, Urban Legends and Useless Petitions
  Before you hit that SEND button, stop, read this, and THINK.

Medical self-testing poses risks - Lanny Boutin
  Accurate test doesn't mean the right diagnosis, prescription or prognosis.
 

Summer vacations of the powerful... and fatuous
  Web animator Jim Kempkes gets past the security fences for a glimpse into the summer plans of the PM, the never-to-be PM, Duffer and Shrub.

Your money
New muscle for conscientious capital - Paul Pellizzari
  Anti-globalization movement may have sparked changes to law that would give activist shareholders new power in the boardroom.
 

Waiting at the Altar - Paul Gallant
  Is marriage good for the gay community - or just good publicity? A link to rabble.ca - .

The Straight Goods Interview:
To the barricades with Judy Darcy?
  CUPE president says grassroots demand prompted call for militant action.
 

Corporate watch
Chretien sings "When Irish eyes are smiling" - Linda McQuaig
  PM's post-Summit cave-in to Washington on Chapter 11 and investors' rights in grand Mulroney tradition.
 

Canada's Retreat on NAFTA Investor State
  CCPA reports Canada won't rock the boat at NAFTA ministers' meeting. No real limits in store to keep corporations from undermining national environmental and public health protection laws.

Politics

New left party needed - but formula is elusive - Mel Watkins
  We must not go gently into that dark and savage bush to our south.
 
 
 

BC media makes false charges stick - Herschel Hardin
  CBC violates its own standards, offers no apology in B.C. election report.
 

Straight Goods Forum Harris' way IS the highway Larry Solway says in Tory Ontario, public transit means more roads - and more sprawl. Developers are grinning along the 401 and 407. Are YOU?   See what others have written and state your views. Then take the NEW Straight Goods Instant Poll: What can stop urban sprawl?

Health care

One-tier medicare - Cure it, don't kill it - Gordon Guyatt
  Two-tier lobby has never quit since introduction of Canada Health Act. They mustn't be allowed to win now.
 

The Straight Goods Report - Ish Theilheimer, Publisher
  Consumers and Politics, Logs and Democracy, Ordinary Folks and Economic Disruption, Summer...
 

Make me laugh:
What if: Dads raised the kids...?
  A light-hearted look at "father's day".

CANADIAN TRIVIA from the Trivia Guys
Who was The Chicoutimi Cucumber?