Posted: March 08, 2005

DEAR CONDI by Lloyd Axworthy
  Lloyd Axworthy suggests US Secretary of State could learn a lot by really listening to Canadians.
 

MARTIN'S FLIP-FLOP by Linda McQuaig
  Despite errors PM is in step with Canadians.
 

POOR, WHITE AND P****D OFF by Joe Bageant
  Rage simmers in small towns where the best people can hope for is a seasonal factory job.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY from globalwomenstrike.net
  Global Women's Strike reports regional plans for March 8.

INVENTING TAX RAGE by Larry Patriquin
  Deconstructing the National Post's agenda to influence public policy.
 

Health matters

MONEY WELL SPENT by Gordon Guyatt
  Improving healthcare is as important as increasing productivity in any other sector.
 

Canadian Politics
TAX BREAKS FOR CAR DEALERS by bill tieleman
  Liberal budget rewards new car dealers, retailers, who just happen to have well-connected lobbyists.
 

Communities, rights and change

MEDICAL ERRORS by Reuel S Amdur
  Shift work and extended shifts have been linked to errors by residents and interns.
 

Workplaces

TROUBLE FOR AFL-CIO by Mike Martin
  Dissidents want to restructure umbrella organization, bring in new leaders.
 

WAL-MART INJURES WORKERS from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board website
  WSIB fines giant retailer $500,000 for failing to notify it of worker injuries.

Consumers
FLU SHOTS MISS NEW STRAIN from CBC.CA/News, Toronto ON
  Vaccine doesn't include newest flu strains.

"JULIE'S STORY" ADS by Barbara Bourrier-LaCroix
  From fat to farts: what's stinky about these diet pill ads...

Media files
COVERING THE MOUNTIE TRAGEDY by Shay News
  Early reporting erroneously suggested that shoot-out was over a marijuana crop.

World beat
VIVA VENEZUELA! by Yves Engler
  In the tug-of-war between the US and Venezuela, Canada should support the Bolivarians.

UNIONIZING ALGERIAN WOMEN from ICFTU OnLine, in Brussels
  ICFTU reaches out to women in formal and informal employment, hardest hit by structural adjustment plans.
 

Hot headlines
IS THE US GOING BROKE? by Steve Maich, for macleans.ca
  Debt, foreign trade deficit may push US into "beggar thy neighbour" policies.

TENSIONS IN AFL-CIO by Steven Greenhouse, in Las Vegas
  Union leaders reject SEIU plan to cut dues, let locals use funds for organizing.

MAXIMUM PAIN IS AIM OF NEW US WEAPON by David Hambling, for New Scientist
  Pulsed Energy Projectiles could be used to stop mobs — or for torture.

THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD EVER by Robert F Kennedy Jr, for EarthLight
  Bush administration guts environmental laws and then appoints industry lobbyists to enforce what's left.
 

THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY by Carol Goar, for the Toronto Star
  Running out of commodities, post-industrial capitalism turns to peddling enriched experiences.
 

UPROAR IN ITALY by Ernesto Galli Della Loggia, for Italian Life
  News media debate whether US troops knowingly fired at released hostage.

Take action!
ASK CBC TO REINSTATE FIRED CALL-IN SHOW HOST by Penney Kome
  Did Don Hill ruffle feathers in Alberta with discussions about gay rights, electrical de-regulation?
 

Feedback from our readers
HOUSING CRISIS from Joanne Arnott Zenthoefer and Nicholas Zenthoefer, in Richmond BC, Canada
  Family of eight faces eviction after talking to reporter.

FIND OTHER TRADING PARTNERS from Philippe Theriault
  Canada shouldn't play by the US's rules.