Posted: May 17, 2005

COSTLY P3s IN ONTARIO'S BUDGET by Linda McQuaig
  It's a myth private sector saves public money.
 

MEASURING WHAT COUNTS TO CANADIANS by the Honourable Roy J Romanow
  New Canadian Index of Wellbeing connects dots between determinants of health.

Health matters
HEALTH BEGINS WITH SOCIAL CONDITIONS from the Edmonton Social Planning Council, Statistics Canada
  Education level and household income are more important determinants of healthy aging than healthy behaviours.
 

MEDIA MATH by David Frank
  The case of the disappearing union membership.
 
 

PLANNING TO PROTECT CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET from cybertip.ca, Canada's National Tipline
  New organization wants public education, industry co-operation, and technical tools.
 

Canadian Politics
WHY VOTE FOR THE NDP? by Bill Tieleman
  NDP would reduce class sizes, increase hospitals beds, and earn voters' trust in them.
 

BATTLE OVER LABOUR BILL Inside Queen's Park, Vol 18, No 09
  Unions, employers, lobby hard on Bill 144.

POLL MONITORING PATRONAGE by Aaron Freeman
  Having the party in power hire returning officers is disgraceful.
 
 

THE HEALTH RISKS OF AN EARLY ELECTION by Charles Pascal
  A surprisingly good jury-rigged budget waits in the balance.
 

THE HIDDEN CONSERVATIVE AGENDA by Gary Morton
  Why Stephen Harper really wants to call the shots.

CONSERVATIVES' ETHICS by Marjaleena Repo
  Open letter to Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay from David Orchard campaign.
 

Communities, rights and change

WAITING FOR GODOT AT WAL-MART by Reuel S Amdur
  Why the anti-union rally never materialized.
 

Workplaces

PENSION FUNDS GRAB by Mike Martin
  The good, the bad and the ugly in managing pension funds.
 
 

JUNE 1: INJURED WORKER DAY from the Injured Workers' Consultants Community Legal Clinic
  Here is a flyer that Ontario injured workers are using in their information picket.

Watershed ways


GLOBAL DIMMING by Ole Hendrickson
  Dirty fuels blocked sunlight.
 
 
 

Consumers
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION NOW OVER-THE-COUNTER by Barbara Anello
  But some women say pharmacists refuse to dispense or ask inappropriate questions.
 

Media files
A MILLION-WORD MARCH FOR MEDIA REFORM by Danny Schechter, for MediaChannel.org
  Standing room only at the National Conference on Media Reform.

AUDIO NEWSPAPERS from Editor and Publisher, in New York NY
  Newspapers turn to podcasts to reach younger readers.

MS WRONG by Katrina vanden Heuvel, for The Nation
  Ann Coulter takes on The Nation's editor — and vice versa.
 
 

BLACK AND WHITE AND FULL OF LIES by Ted Rall, for UExpress.com
  Football star, celebrated as soldier martyr, really died from friendly fire.
 

Hot headlines

TONY BLAIR'S PYRRHIC VICTORY by Gwynne Dyer
  Labour Party can't afford to keep their unpopular leader.
 
 

BAD WEEK FOR MARINES by Ellen Knickmeyer, for The Washington Post
  Whole squad obliterated in 96 hours.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS FOODS by Daisy Henandez
  First Nations turn to original foods to fight diabetes epidemic.

WRITER'S CRAMP FOR SCOTT ADAMS by Samantha Sordyl, staff writer for the Washington Post
  Dilbert's creator can't always make his hand follow directions.

GOP IS NOT GOD'S OWN PARTY by Jim Wallis, for Sojourner
  Sojourner editor decries attempt to turn the church into the religious arm of conservative Republicans.
 

Take action!
NICARAGUAN BANANA WORKERS POISONED BY PESTICIDE from NicaNet (the Nicaragua Network)
  Tell Dow, Shell and Dole to pay up for damage caused by Nemagon.

WISH AUNG SAN SUU KYI A HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY from Dr Thein Win, Chairperson, Free Burma Campaign (South Africa)
  Birthday wishes to the world's only imprisoned Nobel Laureate may help free her.

Feedback from our readers
GREENS ARE SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE from Eric Walton, President Kingston and The Islands Green Party
  "Addressing poverty is clearly an environmental as well as an ethical issue."

GREENS HAVE ABANDONED THEIR SECOND PILLAR from Russ Christianson, Northumberland Quinte West
  Conservative economics are at odds with true environmentalism.

Humour

VEGGIE ART
  Somebody has way too much time on their hands!