Posted: July 02, 2002
SRI Reports*
BC government breaks contract, hamstrings success labour pension fund - Paul Pellizari
Working Opportunities Fund, one of BC's biggest developers, could be the latest victim of Campbell government.
*Features about Socially Responsible Investment
What Joseph Stiglitz and anti-G8 protestors have in common - Linda McQuaig
We routinely force developing countries to accept rigid conditions that weaken their governments and open their markets even though all successful economies started with some mix of strong government and protected markets.
Bloom is off the rose of globalization with latest G8 - Mel Watkins
Business as yesterday's usual just isn't on.
Corporate Watch
Character attacks used as weapon of choice against globalization's critics - Linda McQuaig
Calling them "bank bashers" and "America-haters" makes it easy to ignore criticism and the damages done to millions of the world's poorest people.
The globalizer who came in from the cold - AlterNet
Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank, on how corporate globalization has gone horribly wrong.
A Canadian cure for prescription drug ailments - Dr. Gordon Guyatt
Time to act on national pharmacare program.
Bush's Mid-East plan a non-starter - Rabbi Michael Lerner
Offers nothing real to the Palestinians - but plenty for the terrorists.
Anti-G8 March in Ottawa Mixes Fun and Politics - Reuel Amdur
Good-cop, bad-cop strategy wins the day in loosely organized Ottawa demos.
Calgary G8 protests happen peacefully - Sarah Blackstock
Riot police stay home, protest stays calm.
To no one's surprise, deal forces free market 'solution' onto Africa's back
Straight Goods recycles
Summer reading from the past season:
Stories from the FTAA protests - Excerpts from RESIST!
A grassroots collection of stories, poetry, photos and analysis from the FTAA protests in Québec City and beyond. Published by Fernwood Books.
Consumers
Buy Canadian!
A Web resource for patriotic shoppers.
Babies at risk - E. Marla Felcher
Don't assume the products you buy your baby are safe.
Lavender mosquito repellent beats Deet
A hot tip from Straight Goods reader Sabina C. Becker of Cobourg, Ontario.
Health Care
BBQ season? The real dope on beef hormones
Bradford Duplisea of the Canadian Health Coalition says Canada should ban the use of beef hormones and the Europeans are right to be alarmed over the safety of Canadian beef.
With useful sidebar: Overview of hormones used in Canada
Environment
Rehab for drugged-out lawns - By Suzanne Elston
The flawless suburban lawn is a harmful industry fabrication. Pesticide use in the home and garden increases chemical companies' profits - and the risk of Parkinson's disease for pesticide users. The good news is, lawns can be weaned from their chemical dependency with time and care.
New program to let Ontario consumers purchase green energy
Canada could supply five percent of its energy needs from the wind by 2010 - The Canadian Wind Energy Association
Will Bruce County become Canada's Yucca Mountain?
The proposed site for tens of thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste is raising controversy on both sides of the border.
Seniors and Health Care*
When no money meant no care
More excerpts from Life Before Medicare - Stories of the generation that fought for it.
*Sponsor: Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens Organizations
Senior fire victim locked in Toronto mental hospital for being "homeless" - Margaret Dinsdale
Poverty, health effects and homelessness rising among seniors - and Jim Flaherty would make them criminals.
Humour
Keep a happy level of insanity
Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks, then switch to espresso. Go to a poetry reading and ask why the poems don't rhyme. There's more.
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