Posted: April 19, 2005

EU THWARTS ATTEMPT TO BAN VITAMINS by Helke Ferrie
  Advocate General strikes down Codex directive on vitamin restrictions.
 

SNAP ELECTION WON'T FIX SYSTEM AT ROOT OF CORRUPTION by Linda McQuaig
  Public needs to demand money controls.
 

LOOKING NORTH FOR REFUGE by Paul Weinberg
  For Reluctant GI's, Canada Remains the Great White Hope.
 

EQUALITY OFF THE AGENDA by Pam Mayhew, National Association of Women and Law
  Women lawyers review progress under Charter.

TERMITE GUTS CAN SAVE THE PLANET by David Reid
  Nobel laureate Steven Chu finds earth-friendly ethanol fuel in bugs.
 

Book Excerpt
REBELS, REDS AND RADICALS by Ian McKay
  Exclusive! Scholar invites us to rethink Canada's left history.
 

Canadian Politics

OUTSOURCING NURSELINE by Bill Tieleman
  BC government shortlists three US private firms for province-wide helpline.
 
 

RED HILL EXPRESSWAY VS TOXIC DUMP by Maggie Hughes
  Residents, businesses, fearful of dust from PCB-laden waste.
 

ALBERTA NEGLECTS ITS POOREST by Phil O'Hara, Edmonton Social Planning Council
  No increase for social assistance recipients in Centennial budget.

THE SYSTEM IS THE SCANDAL by Duff Conacher
  Election won't prevent future scandals.
 
 

LOBBYIST INVITED TO CABINET MEETING from Inside Queen's Park, Vol 18, No 07
  Premier picked a perilous time to get involved with Warren Kinsella.
 

Editorial

DISMANTLING THE CBC by Penney Kome
  Corp cutting services, silencing staff.
 

Workplaces

CLC AND THE CANADA LABOUR CODE by Mike Martin
  Umbrella union releases Issues Paper calling for progessive regulations.
 
 

JOBS KILL ALMOST 1000 A YEAR IN CANADA a Straight Goods report
  Unions prepare for April 28, the National Day of Mourning for workers killed and injured on the job.

OVERPAID AND UNDERWORKED from the AFL-CIO
  New Executive Paywatch website part of campaign to rein in excesses.
 

Hot headlines
LET THEM EAT BOMBS by Terry Jones, for The Guardian
  The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling.
 

WHEN THE WORKPLACE IS LAWLESS by Carol Goar, for the Toronto Star
  Ontario contingency workers told they are not covered by labour regulations.
 

NIKE REVEALS SWEATSHOPS by Rukmini Callimachi, for the Associated Press
  Sportswear maker reviews conditions in 700 overseas factories.

MEN MUST DO HOUSEWORK: SPAIN from the Sydney Morning Herald online, Australia
  Amendment to Divorce Act takes housework into account in custody, settlements.

GHANAIAN GOV'T SHUTS FOUR MINING COMPANIES by Sebastian R Freiku
  Complaints about toxins, poisoning, override promises of jobs.

ALL BIDS, NO BUILDING by Naomi Klein, for The Nation
  Corporate world profits from "disaster capitalism".
 

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CONFINED 43 MONTHS WITHOUT CHARGES by Matthew Behrens
  Hassan Almrei on month-long hunger strike for release, better jail conditions.
 

Feedback from our readers
MORE FINES, PLEASE from Wayne Coady, Cole Harbour NS Canada
  And pay out for injured workers too.