Posted: June 04, 2002

Insider reports on Pickering cost over-runs - A Straight Goods e-Interview
  Gaps that would have caused severe warnings or shutdowns in the US have been considered "the way things are" in Canada.

More on safeguards for CANDU reactors: Understanding nuclear products and upgrades at Pickering

Jewish-Arab coexistence projects continue despite intifada - Aaron Freeman
  Daily lives of Arabs and Jews in northern Israel are intertwined.

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Commentary
Stephen Harper's strain of anti-Canadianism - Linda McQuaig
  When Harper wasn't bashing Canadians last week, he was praising Mulroney for sucking up to the U.S.
 

From the intellectual father of New Labour: Will Hutton on The World We're In - Guardian
  Exclusive extracts from new book on the state of American society and the world.

The Straight Goods Cyber Survey and Speaker's Corner with Larry Solway Where pavement is more important than people   Poor marginalized by urban sprawl. We want your scrawl on urban sprawl. Visit the Straight Goods Cyber Survey and Speakers' Corner on the theme Location, location, location. Qualify for a prize in the weekly Straight Goods draw.

From the Publisher

Chrétien's banyan tree, cowboy Valley politics and Viagra Nation - Ish Theilheimer
  Liberal chaos could lead to return of real politics.
 

Fighting homophobia from within the Catholic school system - Catholic New Times
  Teachers have been working to expose homophobia and create gay-positive environments - quietly.

Community, Rights and Change

'Grey market' satellite court decision limits liberties, protects corporation - By Pina Chirico, Editor-in-Chief, El Mensajero. Translated by Reuel S. Amdur
  Welcome to Bell Express Vu Land!
 

Consumers
Keep your kids safe from drowning hazards

Coca-Cola: Latin America's second religion - AlterNet

Health Care

Senate report backs off on medicare-destroying ideas - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
  But it maintains the myth that spending is out of control.
 

Patients more likely to die in for-profit hospitals

Canadians willing to pay more to support health care - poll - CBC News

Environment

A safe environment is more than clean - Suzanne Elston
  Greenie carries concealed weapon to ward off attack dogs.
 

CELA to represent citizens at OMYA-Tay River appeals

People and the Planet conference marks 10th anniversary of Rio Earth Summit
  Kingston conference to set agenda for G8 counter-summit.

Chemical industry fighting lawn pesticide bans with increasing success - Canadian Press
 
 

Timeline of efforts to ban CCA and arsenic in treated wood products - Joe Pager
 

Oil pollutants from planes, recreational boats and runoff do as much damage to oceans as massive oil spills - AlterNet
 

Ontario approves gutting of forests - Toronto Star

B.C. blues
The Liberals' plans to sell parts of BC Hydro is courting financial disaster - Murray Dobbin and Marjorie Griffin-Cohen

Public-private partnerships not a solution for B.C. - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Proponents of the P3 model argue that it saves money. A recent panel discussion in Vancouver presented facts disputing this view.

Webcast of CCPA forum on Public-Private Partnerships - workingTV.com
 
 

Hot headlines
Tape doesn't lie - McGuinty admits to Hydro One privatization flip-flop - CP
  Liberal Leader admits, when confronted with video evidence, that he formerly supported the sell-off.

Bowling for Columbine
  Michael Moore's new film wins at Cannes.
 
 

The India-Pakistan confrontation: lighting the nuclear fire - Pervez Hoodbhoy, DAWN

Divide and rule: understanding the India-Pakistan conflict - Press for Conversion!
  Links to 30 online articles.

Drug ads don't work - AlterNet

Middle East loyalties affect rival papers - The Globe and Mail

Rebel economist - The Nation
  Former World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz hopes to end World Bank and IMF monopoly on development policy.

The best democracy money can buy
  British investigative reporter Greg Palast exposes globalization, corporate cons, and high finance fraudsters.

Watch the shell - Molly Ivins, Workingforchange
  Why populists and free-market fundies are never surprised.
 

Take Action
Protest G7 in Halifax!
  An invitation from the Atlantic G7 Welcoming Committee to all organizations, affinity groups and individuals to participate in actions against the Finance Ministers' Meeting on June 14 and 15.

bioJUSTICE - bioDIVERSITY
  Sixth international grassroots gathering on genetic engineering, with guests Vandana Shiva, David Suzuki and Nancy Oliveri.

Free Leonard Peltier! ... after 26 years in jail.
 
 

Humour - sort of
Hiring women - Circa 1943
  An excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was serious and written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II - a mere 59 years ago!