Posted: May 11, 2004

Now the goods:

Squandering our surplus
Part 1: Haste makes waste - Armine Yalnizyan, CCPA
  Liberals spending $30 billion to reduce debt in ten years instead of eleven.

Outrage odd - Linda McQuaig
  CIA told Congress two years ago that "the gloves are off".
 
 

Your health and health care

Shell game - Gordon Guyatt
  If Paul Martin is so intent on proper funding for health care, why doesn't it show in his budget?

Commentary

Foster Hewitt, we need you - Mel Watkins
  But Don Cherry, who never outrgrew childhood bigotry, is just So Old.
 
 

Workplaces

Reality check: who is really at fault in public sector strikes? - Mike Martin
  Government policies, not public servants, cause delays and overload.
 

Canadian politics
Who's counting? Not Lockheed-Martin - House of Commons transcript
  NDP takes credit for helping wrest census contract away from US weapons manufacturer.

Inside Queen's Park
"Your mother wears army boots!"
  Most consistent note struck these days is stinging partisan rebuke served up from the government benches.

Consumers


Searching for Mr. Google Bar - Dylan Kome
  Is that free toolbar really spyware?
 
 

Arsenic used in chicken feed - Dennis O'Brien, Baltimore Sun
  Hopkins study explores risk to consumers.

Lesser evils: new guide to choosing less toxic products
  Nova Scotia Allergy Association online guide offers recommendations.

Watershed ways

The eighth wonder of the world - Ole Hendrickson
  Gray jays store food in trees to overwinter.
 

Media files
Mike's sordid Disney adventure
  Michael Moore analyzes Disney's refusal to distribute his new movie, Farenheit 911.

Return to owner - Deepti Hajela, AP
  Recording companies fork over $50 million in royalties to celebs they "lost contact with".

Hot headlines
Fair trade and the golden rule - Yann Martel, Globe and Mail
  Philosopher Buber revisited in global market context.

Gross National Happiness, not Gross National Product - Global Ideas Bank
  Buddhist kingdom Bhutan puts environmental, cultural, psychological well-being ahead of monetary wealth.

Step away from the Middle East, George - Frank Csongos, RFE/RL
  60 former US diplomats tell Bush his comments aren't helpful.

A pattern of abuse - SOAW
  US trained soldiers in torture.

A Prison State, if not a Police State - Paul Craig Roberts
  For the US, prisons are a way of life.

Impact! - Robert Roy Britt, space.com
  Phew! City-sized asteroid to miss Earth this fall.

Take action!
Take CPP out of the weapons business - COAT
  Sign petition to withdraw Canada Pension Plan funds invested in military corporations.

COs, too, need support - Giorgio Giandomenici
  Refusingtokill.net website supports conscientious objectors around the world.

Seeking a hand up - Malcolm Dilts
  Help goose Ontario government to increase disability benefits.

Monument remembering women victims of violence going up - in a graveyard - Barbara Anello, DAWN Ontario
  Call to action: find somewhere else!