Posted: May 03, 2005

NDP LEVERS PUBLIC SERVICES BONUS FROM LIBS by Linda McQuaig
  But such changes anger Canada's business elite.
 

CLEANING UP PARLIAMENT from Democracy Watch, Ottawa ON
  All the wheeling and dealing on the Hill has avoided the real issues.

WOMEN'S WORLD MARCH 2005 by Jenny Robinson
  Women's Global Charter for Humanity passes through Canada on its trip around the globe.

BACK TO THE ANCIENT FUTURE by Joe Bageant
  The end of cheap oil will mean human extinction.
 

Health matters

ALBERTA HEALTHCARE BATTLE- GROUND by Penney Kome
  Federal Health Minister addresses Calgary counter-conference.
 

Canadian Politics

NDP CAN WIN BC by Bill Tieleman
  Healthcare is top issue with voters, who prefer NDP approach 2 to 1.
 
 

LIBERAL/NDP DEAL NO "FAUSTIAN BARGAIN" by Ellen Russell, Senior Economist CCPA
  The annual "surprise" surplus can more than cover investment in social good.
 

GOMERY'S ONTARIO IMPACT from Inside Queen's Park, Vol 18, No 08
  Ontario Liberals might benefit from federal Liberals' woes — or maybe not.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Maggie Hughes
  Crown withdraws charges against Red Hills Expressway protester.
 

Communities, rights and change

PURSUING BACK BENEFITS by Reuel S Amdur
  Ministry refuses to deliver disability benefits owed to man now in prison.
 

Workplaces

STRUGGLES AT TELUS by Mike Martin
  Telecommunications giant imposes lock-out in 4½ year negotiation.
 

WAL-MART'S ANTI-UNION TACTICS by Paul Weinberg
  Experts say retailer's strategies may contravene international and Canadian laws.
 

Consumers
ANOTHER DRUG WITHDRAWN by Anne Rochon Ford, with Women and Health Protection
  Vioxx story illustrates familiar problems with drug approval process.

SICK OF DUST from Clean Production Action
  Vacuum dust in 70 homes found full of toxins.
 

Hot headlines
COMPULSORY MEDS by Evelyn Pringle, for YubaNet.com
  Bush administration's TeenScreen mental health program pushes psychotropic drugs.

TO CEOs, GOVERNMENT IS STAFF by Murray Dobbin, for theTyee.ca
  Corporations not only resist law enforcement, they think they should write the laws — and they do!
 

COLIN POWELL VS JOHN BOLTON by Sidney Blumenthal, for The Guardian
  Former Secretary of State opposes US nominee to United Nations.
 

IRAQI LABOUR LEADER IN CHARGE by David Bacon, for the Pacific News Service
  Iraq oil workers oppose US-led invasion.

ALABAMA BILL TARGETS GAY AUTHORS from cbsnews.com
  State legislature would ban stories by, about, gays and lesbians.

Take action!
UNIFEM'S MOTHER'S DAY CARDS from the United Nations Development Fund for Women — Canada
  Mom always thought you'd change the world. Show her she was right.

Feedback from our readers
PAY ATTENTION TO LABOUR'S DAY OF MOURNING from Len Carter of Union Works
  From a magazine article in Spiritworld.