Posted: December 03, 2002

Commentary Why does Bush think WE are morons? - Larry Solway   The U.S. continues to blame everyone else for the pickle they are in and expects us to swallow snake oil. Who's the moron? Take the Straight Goods Cyber Survey and qualify for a prize in the weekly draw.

Humour

Ernie Eves' Hydro tip - Jim Kempkes
  An animated caution. (Just a simulation. Not for kids.)
 

Amazing discovery!
  Straight Goods' Web archivist Jim Kempkes translates the ossuary of St. James.
 

Better banks not bigger banks - Duff Conacher
  Canadian media should stop swallowing, and endorsing so wholeheartedly and blindly the future dreams of Canada's big bankers.

Kyoto


The Canadian labour movement on Kyoto - Mike Martin
  "No jobs on a dead planet."
 
 

Why Kyoto signatories oppose Canada's "clean energy" plan - James Hrynyshyn
  Does anyone besides the federal government really think we can get from here to Kyoto by embracing the status quo?

Community, rights and change
Ontario home care clients could benefit by appealing cuts - Reuel S. Amdur
  Victims of Conservative austerity measures can appeal illegal cuts but not enough are doing so.

Multicultural Toronto showing signs of division - Paul Weinberg
  Trouble seen as schools and other agencies cut down on settlement and language services.

Inside Queen's Park
At the cutting edge: Mcbumpy ride for McGuinty - Graham Murray
  Following McGuinty and other party leaders through policy platform halls-of-mirrors in search of electoral fortunes.

Romanow and Health Care
Canadians must act to prevent US-style health care catastrophe - Linda McQuaig
  Voices of the privatizers were drowned out in Romanow Commission hearings by ordinary citizens insisting we keep our system strong - and public.

Romanow report: You get what you pay for - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  Like other health care initiatives, Romanow is strong on process but weak on money.

Centre for Science in the Public Interest praises Romanow
  ... emphasis on tapping diet and physical activity to save billions in health care costs.

The many faces of health care privatization and how it affects women - Canadian Women's Health Network

Consumers
Why Wal-Mart's not smart - Mike Martin
  Thousands join international campaign against world's biggest corporation for its anti-worker tactics and its effect on small town economies.

Stop Gap sweatshops
  Join the "don't buy me Gap this holiday season" campaign and support labour rights.

Politics Ideas, communications ability could make Ducasse more than sentimental choice   Stresses new economic thinking and steps to build a base in Quebec.   Join the forum on NDP leadership NDP leadership candidates and media concentration   Responses to a survey from the party's media committee.

Buy nothing

Mennonite call for a mall-free, buy-nothing Christmas - Suzanne Elston
  Reviving the original meaning of Christmas giving.
 

Adbusters wants to give your money to AOL Time Warner - Eric Muth
  Fundraising for prime time ad spot contradicts the whole spirit of buying nothing.

Hot headlines
Europe erupts in labour unrest - LabourStart

Lucio Gutiérrez elected in Ecuador - Narco News and Inter Press Service
  The leader of the country's indigenous movement beats banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa.

Social activists write impressions from Baghdad - Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon