Posted: November 12, 2002

Consumers

Convenience at a cost - Sue Lott, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  "White-label" ATMs taking away consumers' cash as fast as they're giving it out.
 

Beware of Hydrozilla
  A political web animation from Straight Goods' own Jim Kempkes, and from the creator of the Hydro Hotheads.
 

Health Care
Australian parallel system in trouble - Verna Milligan
  Taxpayers and the economy take the fall for Australia's failed parallel health care experiment.

Canadians' health care concerns cannot stop at our borders - Chantal Blouin, The North-South Institute
  Globalization has deepened health interdependence across nations.

Commentary
Oil is the obvious motive for US interest in Iraq - Linda McQuaig
  Installing a pro-U.S. regime in Iraq would clearly open up lucrative possibilities for US oil companies and guarantee the US long-term access to oil reserves

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Pacifists push for non-violent resolution in Iraq - John Bacher
  You don't have to support Hussein to oppose war. You don't have to invade to help the Iraqi people.

The Straight Goods Cyber Forum Voters let their wallets decide - Larry Solway   A war levy on taxpayers... what if? Have you ever voted with your wallet? Confess on the Straight Goods Cyber Survey and qualify for a prize in the weekly draw.

Politics Layton offers NDP change, opportunity and risk   High-profile Toronto Councillor and environmental activist says party must become more activist and media-savvy at the same time. Join the forum on NDP leadership Union endorsements won't sway grassroots voters - Mike Martin   Labour bigwigs often at odds with grassroots members over NDP leadership choices.

Community, Rights and Change
Disability applicants suffer flawed decision-making of tribunal - Reuel S. Amdur
  Case histories of failed appeals underline political tilt of system.
 

Welfare loses human touch - Maggie Hughes
  Consulting fees could have been better spent being put back into Social Services.

Hot headlines
Donations and lobbying from top contractors reveal problem of money in politics - Democracy Watch

The Internet on probation - Reporters Without Borders
  Since 9/11, the US government has expanded Internet surveillance.

They liked their jobs so much, they bought the company! - Canadian Worker Co-op
  Worker co-ops that put people before profits.

Great Lakes under fire from US engineers - Tom Carpenter, Lake Ontario Keeper
  The agency that drained the Everglades is taking aim.

Bleak life for terror suspects in US jail - The Observer
  Letters to families reveal hunger strikes and suicides.

George Bush crosses Rubicon - but what lies beyond? - Robert Fisk
  The UN can debate Iraqi non-compliance with weapons inspectors, but the US will decide whether Iraq has breached UN resolutions - and invade when it wants.

Letters
Wellstone cover-up? Get real!
  Letter from Shaun G. Lynch of St. Lazarre, Quebec (who was in Minnesota at the time).