Posted: May 26, 2004

9/11 "people's inquiry" rigged - Mel Watkins
  Conspiracy theories are risky distractions.
 
 

Don't look to Martin to bring back social spending - Linda McQuaig
  As federal finance minister, Martin outslashed Ralph Klein in gutting government programs.
 

Squandering the Surplus Part 2

Diminishing returns - Armine Yalnizyan, CCPA
  Tax cuts cost public purse $73 billion from 2000 to 2005-6.
 
 

Communities, rights and change
Promises? What promises? - Reuel S. Amdur
  Dalton McGuinty's first budget breaks prominent written pledges.

Walkerton backlash will cost small, rural business operators their livelihoods - John Haslam
  New regulations causing outcry with good reason, rural health inspector says.

Canadian Politics

Gone for good - Andrew Nikiforuk
  Water is too precious to waste on oil recovery.
 
 
 

Liberals blow Ontario by-election - Inside Queen's Park
  NDP Andrea Horwath's victory in Hamilton East holds message for provincial and federal Liberals, restores NDP party status.
 

Chapter and verse
  Canadian Council of Muslim Women objects to adopting Shari'a law under Ontario Arbitration Act.

Workplaces

Mike Martin bytes back
  Take a break from technology this summer.
 

Watershed ways

Peak of Hubbert's bell curve - Ole Hendrickson
  Oil geologist's 50-year-old prediction coming true.
 
 

Commentary

Light in a Dark Age Ahead - Hanns F. Skoutajan
  Jane Jacobs still luminous in her late eighties.
 

Mourning has spoken - Laurie King-Irani, Electronic Intifada
  Wear a black armband to protest violence in Middle East, Women in Black request.

Consumers

Big box shopping - Dylan Kome
  Know what you need before buying new computer hardware.
 
 
 

Personal questions
  Citibank warns of fraudulent requests for financial information.

Media files
Copy this: the downside of uploading - Susan Crean
  Consumer revolt throws creators out with the bathwater.

Losing street cred - Patrick Barrett, The Guardian
  Pew Center poll finds US journalists losing confidence, credibility.

Hot headlines
Sleight of land - Nat Parry, Consortiumnews.com
  US June 30 handover to self-rule in Iraq an illusion.

Did Iran dupe US into launching attack on Iraq? - Julian Borger, The Guardian
  Investigation into key informant, Chalabi, links him to Iran.

A race to the top? - Elizabeth Grossman, Yes
  New EU rules make electronics manufacturers limit toxins, recycle used goods.

"Assisted living" or abandonment? - Brenda Jones and Barbara McLintock, The Tyee.ca
  BC government informs health authorities of new program for seniors.

Leverage for Kyoto - Sierra Club of Canada
  Environmentalists say Ford must meet Kyoto standards for the $100 million it has demanded.

Take action!
Rock against the BC cuts - BCGEU
  Vancouver fundraising concerts benefit women's centres.

Sign bite back to fight back - FOE Europe
  Citizens' objections petition rejects GMO food, defends precautionary principle.

Feedback from our readers
Health care taxes up, needed services cut - Deborah Barrie
  Governments won't remediate arsenic contamination or warn public, but will take more money.