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Posted: December 21, 2004
Updated: December 31, 2004
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Tsunami relief agencies and background info
Useful URLs for connecting to more information about world response to the tsunami disaster.
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 THE MEEK TAKE ON THE MIGHTY by Linda McQuaig
Inuit and Tuvaluans ask Organization of American States to force US to comply with Kyoto standards.
SENATE FAILS DEADLINE by Aaron Freeman
Long awaited Senate Code of Ethics will not be ready for January 1.
 Workplaces
BAILOUT! OTTAWA THROWS GARMENT INDUSTRY A LIFELINE by Mike Martin
Feds offer package of up to $600 million to support industry, in crisis caused by trade treaties.
WORK HOARSE by Rory O'Neill, Hazards Magazine
Teachers, call centre workers especially at risk for voice loss.
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Communities, rights and change
STALLED! ONTARIO WELFARE REFORM STOPS SHORT by Reuel S Amdur
Convoluted system desperately needs simplifying.
GOING ON HAJJ PILGRIMAGE? AVOID CONNECTING FLIGHTS IN US from the Canadian Islamic Congress
Islamic Congress warns Canadian Muslims to plan travel carefully, calls on government to protest "discrimination" at borders.
Canadian politics
ONTARIO POLITICS READING LIST by Graham Murray, IQP
Inside Queen's Park suggests books with important insights into Ontario politics.
 Watershed ways
OTTAWA RIVER INSTITUTE OF ART by Lynn Jones
New online gallery features artists who celebrate beauty of the Ottawa River watershed.
Media files
BLOGGING AND MEDIA DEMOCRACY by Michelle Martin
Major media try to co-opt blogs rather than beat them.
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Straight Goods Cyber Forum
If you could change one thing about the world in the New Year, what would it be?
Express your views on this week's SG stories and any other topic in the Straight Goods Forum.
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World beat
MICROCREDIT: A $5 MIRACLE by Cathy Little, Randy Rudolph and Robert Dickson
Tiny loans can help the very poorest families in developing countries become self-sufficient.
Hot headlines
INUIT NATION SUES U S by Rupert Cornwell, The Independent
Global warming threatens their survival, Inuit say.
RUMSFIELD'S WONDERFUL LIFE by Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Clarence shows Donald a world without his influence.
BUSH PORTRAIT SHUT DOWN from al-Jazeera
Market closes gallery over image of Bush made of monkeys.
P-U-LITZER PRIZES FOR 2004 by Norman Solomon, AlterNet
Recognizing the worst, most pusillanimous journalism of the year.
UK LAW LORDS REJECT ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS THAT RESTRICT RIGHTS by Robert Verkaik and Andrew Grice, The Independent
Highest level of judiciary says weakening of civil rights " real threat to the life of the nation".
Star Wars: the farce
New York Times editorial reflects on the "faith-based" missile defence system.
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Take action!
DO NOT CALL REGISTRY by Penney Kome
Canadian Marketing Association's registry can block telephone, mail and fax marketing.
Humour
SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?
Counting our blessings at year's end.
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