Posted: June 22, 2004

Blast from the past - Linda McQuaig
  Harper's child tax deduction plans reward the rich, stiff the poor.
 
 

Food fight - GRAIN
  Uproar over UN Food and Agriculture Organization report that favours genetically engineered food.
 

Your health and healthcare

Grits and Tories kowtow to provinces - Gordon Guyatt
  The great health care divide.
 

Workplaces

Hello, operator? - Mike Martin
  Telecommunications workers at odds with employers.
 
 
 

Canadian politics

P3s far from free - Murray Dobbin
  Privately owned hospitals more expensive, undermine medicare.
 

In memoriam
Estelle Klein 1930-2004 - Jack and Paul Klein
  Cultural impresario who worked with Mariposa, Harbourfront, Science Centre, leaves ArtsCan as her legacy.

Watershed Ways
Pedestrian power - Peggy Patterson
  Homes in "walkable communities" have higher resale value.
 

Consumers
Unsafe at any dose - Kelly Martin, MD, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
  Doctor tells Parliamentarians that producers must prove that their pesticides are safe.

Don't chew your jammies - Canadian Environmental Law Association
  Common flame retardant now banned as toxic in other countries.

World beat
Political calypso - via Democracy Now!
  Harry Belafonte's speech after winning the 2004 Human Rights Award from Global Exchange.

Media files
Speaking together - World Forum on Communications Rights
  Communications are a fundamental human right.

Inside Al-Jazeera - Kevin Y. Kim, In These Times
  Candid comments from an Al-Jazeera journalist.

Satire
9/11 Commission could have been prevented - the Onion
  "All those political futures snuffed out as millions of Americans watched on television!"
 

Hot headlines
Dust demons - Angie Wagner, AP
  Western drought could be worst in 500 years.

Great revival - Wayne Roberts, nowtoronto.com
  Jack Layton jumpstarting NDP's chance at power.

BC race too close to call - Tom Barrett, TheTyee.ca
  Polls put NDP, Liberals and Conservatives at 30% apiece.

Flunking forestry - Chris Henschel and Lucie Tessier, CPAWS
  Wilderness groups slam Quebec's forestry management.

Divine right - Molly Ivins, creators.com
  Ashcroft refuses to hand over documents or to say why he won't.

Ijara - Neil MacFarquhar, NYT
  Online arguments about Paul Johnson's fate include one Muslim's attempt to save his life by declaring "Ijara" protection.

Deadly gobies - AP
  Invasive species turn Great Lakes into giant biology experiment.

Getting away with murder - Michael Mandel
  International law fails to prevent or punish violations like the US attack on Iraq.

Take action!
Take back your might - Solari Action Network Team
  Group wants 600,000 people to switch from banks to credit unions on July 4.

Feedback from our readers
Right or left? - Dave Thomas
  The undecided voter's guide to self-preservation.