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Posted: July 20, 2004

Linda McQuaig
Who, me?
- Linda McQuaig
  After the case for war turns out to be empty, Bushites try to leave "incompetent underlings" holding the bag.
 

Mike MartinWorkplaces

Hand picked - Mike Martin
  Paul Martin's Cabinet choices will reveal a lot about his attitude towards workers.
 

Communities, rights and change
Reuel S. Amdur
Mind the gap
- Reuel S. Amdur
  Ontario welfare rates for singles are lower than assistance for single people with disabilities.
 

Canadian politics
Crunching the numbers - Inside Queen's Park
  Analyzing how Ontario voters awarded seats in the federal election.

World beat
Border crossings - Daniel Drache
  NAFTA redefines borders, but nations still need to define their own policies.

US election watch
US ballot integrity project
  Major new civil society coalition forms to ensure legitimacy of November 2 vote in US.

Consumers
Software price war? - Robin Bloor, IT-Director.com
  IT trade mag reports Microsoft dropping prices for large customers to compete with Linux.

Media files
Missing mea culpa - Randal Marlin
  Why won't Canadian media admit they played up government disinformation before the attack on Iraq?
 

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Hot headlines
Backfire! - Sally Carless, CommonDreams.org
  Depleted Uranium from US ammo sickens US soldiers, Iraqi civilians.

Starting over - Joseph Huff-Hannon, New Internationalist
  Worker co-ops save thousands of bankrupt businesses after Argentina's economic collapse.

Access denied - Caroline Bollinger, Prevention.com
  Growing numbers of anti-abortion doctors and pharmacists across the US are refusing to prescribe or dispense birth control pills.

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  Sign petition to keep Coach House Press, publisher of some of Canada's best-known authors, in its home.

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