Posted: January 27, 2004

Public howls for Black's head but may not get it - Linda McQuaig
  Long arm of the law likely to be sheathed in a very soft glove, if history is repeated.
 

Canada's pulse

If Sheila Copps were a New Democrat... - Marc Zwelling
  Becoming more like the Liberals could hurt NDP chances.
 

Your health, your health care
Fatal flaw in argument that for-profit clinics would solve waiting lists - Gordon Guyatt, MD
  If private clinics substantially reduced waiting lists, they would drive themselves out of business.

Cdn docs may lose insurance for co-signing Web scripts - Lanny Boutin
  Regulators attempt to halt booming Internet business.
 

Workplaces

Outsourcing monster Accenture specializes in exporting jobs - Mike Martin
  The next wave of outsourcing to smaller markets in Asia or Africa has already begun.

Workers' knowledge often disregarded, overlooked - David W. Livingstone and Peter H. Sawchuk, Garamond Press
  An excerpt from the new book, Hidden Knowledge.
 

Labour battles in BC and Quebec - Geoff Bickerton, Canadian Dimension
  Recent political developments do not bode well for unionized public-sector workers.

Communities, rights and change
Women's shelters need men - Reuel S. Amdur
  The Chinese had it right: "It takes both a man and a woman to hold up the sky."

Consumers
Not lovin' it - Megan Lehmann, New York Post
  Film-maker documents attempt to live on nothing but McD's fare.

How your cell could be spying on you - Jonathan Margolis
  Internet-based location tracking is available, cheap and perfectly legal.

Watershed ways

How much is nature worth? - Ole Hendrickson
  Ecologists and economists team up to measure the monetary value of ecosystems.
 

Takeover bid would turn Sierra Club against immigration - Colin Isaacs
  Motivation may not be racist, but it is certainly supremacist.

Genetically modified foods: consumer bliss or corporate opportunity? - Munaf Yassiri
  Does genetic engineering have a future?

Percy Schmeiser vs. Monsanto - Percy Schmeiser
  A Canadian folk hero tells his side of the story.

Missile defence is good for business - Steven Staples, The Polaris Institute
  Martin's endorsement of national missile defence was a major victory for Canada's corporate lobbyists.

Open source democracy - Douglas Rushkoff
  How online communication is changing offline politics.

Rumble in Hamilton East - Stony Creek - COMPAS Inc.
  Poll says Copps Liberal voters' favourite but would lose as NDPer.

Whether to allow free elections in Iraq poses dilemma for Bush - Gwynne Dyer, Salt Lake Tribune
  Shiite intransigence suggests Bremer's plan for a "democratic" government without letting the process get out of US control may be going off the rails.

Media files
RCMP raid on reporter triggers storm of protest - pressfreedom.ca
  New website launched to protest erosion of journalists' rights.

Honderich gone at Toronto Star in apparent power struggle - Katherine Harding, Globe and Mail
  Publisher recently told friends and associates that he believed CEO Prichard was trying to undermine his control.

Reader comment
State of the union or "War of the Worlds"? - David Picard

Public airwaves: where Delahunty can roam free - Bill Roberts, The Globe and Mail
  Does a society like ours truly need public-service broadcasting?