Posted: October 19, 2004

REFORM ROADKILL by Ish Theilheimer
  Drivers and victims pay as Ontario Liberals break 21 out of 22 promises on auto insurance.
 

SOW'S EAR FROM SILK PURSE by Linda McQuaig
  Calculated government miscalculations prevent us from doing anything silly with our money, like spending it on social programs.

KICKING OUT CORPORATIONS by Ken Picard
  Rural areas revoke corporate "personhood" in order to reclaim self-rule.

DEATH ON THE JOB by Penney Kome
  New network aims to make occupational health and safety "dangerous" again.
 

Workplaces

NATIONAL STRIKE 2004 by Mike Martin
  PSAC strike the largest ever - and with good reason.
 
 

Watershed ways

RICH COUNTRY, POOR PERFORMANCE by Ole Hendrickson
  OECD gives Canada poor marks on environmental report card.
 

ENERGY WINDFALL by Lester R Brown, Earth Policy Institute
  We already have the tools for oil independence.

Canadian politics
MPs TO VOTE ON BMD by Susan Delacourt, The Toronto Star
  PM to allow debate, non-binding vote, to preserve minority government.

ONTARIO GRITS' FIRST ANNIVERSARY by Inside Queen's Park
  Down in the polls, McGuinty's Liberals try to keep anniversary low-key.

Consumers

WINDOWS UPGRADE: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY by Dylan Kome
  Windows Service Pack 2 upgrade difficult, but worth it.
 

Media files
CABLE A LA CARTE? by John Dunbar
  The Center for Public Integrity reports how lobbying boosts cable TV fees.

SEIZING INDYMEDIA by Ward Harkavy, The Village Voice
  FBI-led seizure of Indymedia computers in UK may be tied to US election.

Hot web rumours
IS OSAMA BIN LADEN IN CHINA? by Gordon Thomas, El Mundo, via Information Clearing House
  Rumours swirl that Bush administration will produce bin Laden before election.

US election watch
SCHOLARS SCORN BUSH
  Open letters from academics in business schools, strategic studies, decry Bush administration policies.

TOTAL SELF-BELIEF by Ron Suskind, The New York Times
  Even Republicans nervous about George Bush's conviction that God speaks through him.
 

Hot headlines
JAMES BAKER'S DOUBLE LIFE by Naomi Klein, The Nation
  New documents indicate former US Secretary of State is caught in conflict of interest.
 

ETHICAL DISINVESTMENT by Michele Chabin, Religion News Service
  Presbyterians, Anglicans ponder whether to withdraw church funds from Israeli investments.

SEYMOUR HERSH ON IRAQ by Bonnie Azab Powell, U C Berkeley News
  Top investigative journalist interviewed on Iraq, US democracy.

REVENUE LEAK by Larry Margasak, AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Billions in Iraq oil revenue unaccounted for: Rep Henry Waxman.

World beat
TALIBAN REDUX by Sima Wali, Ms Magazine
  Afghan women still a long way from equality.

FIRST, DO NO HARM by Peter Montague, Maria B Pellerano, Carolyn Raffensperger and Nancy J Myers
  Rachel's newsletter spells out precautionary principle in action.

Feedback from our readers
WILL ONTARIO HOME CARE REVIEW PRODUCE RESULTS? by Sandra Willard
  "Elect-to-work" employment status, bureaucracy pose special problems.

ARMIES, DEBTS AND TAXES CONSOLIDATE POWER AT THE TOP by Bruce Smith, PhD, CPA
  Bush seeks enemy focal point in Muslim world to replace cold war villains.