Posted: May 04, 2004

Analyze this!

Maternity benefits not available to those who need them most - Richard Shillington
  High-income earners more likely eligible for EI Parental Benefits.
 

From the Publisher
INCOMING: Penney Kome and Mike Martin - Ish Theilheimer
  New Editor and Associate Publisher bring depth and experience to the Straight Goods team.
 

Communities, rights and change
Study on abused women on welfare rings partly true - Reuel S. Amdur
  Mountains of regulatory paperwork take time, money, attention from where it will do the most good.

Media files


The Raging Grannies
  Two books about women going "off their rockers" to create a better world.
 
 
 

Copyleft - Digital Copyright Canada
  Creator argues for restoring copyright's original purpose: to protect creators, not music industry.

Linda McQuaig is taking time off from column-writing to finish a new book, due out in September. Her column returns May 10.

Commentary
Sandwiched in between - Hanns Skoutajan
 Does Canada find common ground with the European Union or the US?
 

Vote to recognize Armenian genocide a rare all-party display of human decency - Mel Watkins
  But Canada, other nations, refuse to make it official - does fear of reprisals create moral stench?
 

Your health and health care
Just say no to direct-to-consumer-advertising of prescription drugs - Women and Health Protection
  Drug companies break law with TV, magazine ads for prescription drugs.

Our cities are what we eat - Elbert van Donkersgoed
  Urban renewal must include access to nutritious food.

Organic farming deepens its roots - Ole Hendrickson
  Major study links pesticides, diseases.
 
 

Workplaces
How to make millions for mediocre performance - Mike Martin
  Top CEOs personal profits go through the roof, even as average wages, company profits fall.
 

Higher wages: higher profits - Stanley Holmes, Wendy Zellner, Business Week
  Costco treats workers well, earns higher per-capita profits than Wal-Mart, angers stock market.

Consumers
World food prices rising - Earth Policy Institute
  Changing weather patterns force draw-down on stored grain, driving up prices.

Seat belts fail in rollovers - Public Citizen
  SUVs are vulnerable to Rollovers; 1/3 of vehicle occupants in rollovers die.

Canadian politics
Bill 37 a shocking betrayal of health care workers - HEU-CUPE
  Unions denounce first legislated rollback of wages and benefits.

Hot headlines

Where does Europe end? - Gwynne Dyer, Mehr News
  European Community's borders may soon stretch to China.
 
 

Artistide's kidnapping: a repeat of history - George Alleyne, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
  Writer analyzes Aristide's ouster as recurring imperial control of Haiti.

52 former diplomats attack Blair's Israel policy - Matthew Tempest, the Guardian
  Urge PM to challenge UK's portrayal as US partner in Middle East policies.

Lawyers try to gag FBI worker over 9/11 - Andrew Buncombe, the Independent
  US Justice Department tries to stop translator from testifying.

Humour
CAFTA - The Trojan calf - Tate Hausman, Free Range Graphics & Tom Ricker, Quixote Center
  Never thought international trade laws would make you laugh?

Political humour
REVEALED: Paul Martin and Cabinet discuss election timing - Rob Cottingham
  Leaked dinner table talk reveals much about top-level decision-making.

Take action!
Ploughshares offering international internships
  Project Ploughshares invites submissions from young professionals.

Investors urge PepsiCo again to address HIV/AIDS pandemic - Meritas Mutual Funds
  SRI mutual funds to take resolution to Pepsi AGM.