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Posted: November 22, 2005
GOVERNANCE GAME by Linda McQuaig
Liberals should buy votes by building country, not cutting taxes.
HRSDC CHANGES GRANTS POLICIES by Penney Kome
After eleven-month battle, non-profits retain program grants for employment training and placement.
MARATHON FUSS by Sandra Tam
Toronto media are buzzing because some women marathoners took a shortcut.
UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE by Colin Isaacs
Cards stacked against progress at upcoming Montreal conference.
Faith speaks
NETWORK OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSIVES from Tikkun Magazine
Tikkun co-ordinates a new interfaith network, welcoming "spiritual but not religious" secular people as well as religious progressives.
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 Editorial
REMEMBER LORD TUBBY by Ish Theilheimer
Now in disgrace, his influence lives on.
Rez Solutions?
 CANADIAN MILITARY COMPLICITY by Stewart Steinhauer
Canada's armed forces keep the peace for everyone except Indigenous Peoples.
 Canadian Politics
NDP GAIN IN POLLS by Nik Nanos
Post-Gomery interim report shows significant NDP gain in Ontario.
MANITOBA'S EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS CODE by Errol Black and Shauna MacKinnon
Working conditions have changed since 1970s but legislation hasn't.
Communities, rights and change
KEEPING DOCTORS IN THE HOUSE by Reuel S Amdur
High incomes are not the solution to doctor shortage.
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Vote buying? HRSDC changes? Black's disgrace? Secret prisoners?
Express your views on these and other items in the Straight Goods Forum.
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 Workplaces
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES by Mike Martin
Huge changes in forestry industry leave workers, communities out on a limb.
Watershed ways
Super-shutters! by Janet McNeill
Maintaining a house's warmth with window covers.
 Consumers
BUSINESSES NEED TO PROTECT CONSUMERS' DATA by Tiffany Pearson
Rise in identity theft linked to companies' failure to protect consumers' privacy.
Media files
LA TIMES DUMPS LIBERAL COLUMNIST from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Robert Scheer kicked out as Bush attacks critics of Iraq invasion.
World beat
 EDUCATION KEY TO ESCAPING POVERTY by Randy Rudolph
The UN Millennium Development Goals aim to provide a full course of primary schooling for all children.
PANIC IN PARIS by Gwynne Dyer
The Paris riots actually show that immigrants have successfully integrated into French culture.
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FOLLOW THE MONEY
War! Huh! What is it good for? If you said, "Absolutely nothing!", then you sure know the song. But for a select group of US contractors, the answer is, "Lots and lots of money!" CorpWatch.org has decided that its mandate — CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism — includes researching and publicizing the companies that are thriving because people are dying.
The result is CorpWatch's War Profiteers website at:
www.warprofiteers.com/article.php?list=type&type=176
Read it and weep.
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Hot headlines
COST OF POOR DIETS by Nutraingredients.com staff reporter
Ten percent of UK diabetes, heart disease and cancer attributed to eating the wrong foods.
CLINTON: THE BIG MISTAKE OF THE IRAQ WAR by Rupert Cornwell, for the Independent UK
Ex-President leads the critics.
SECRET PRISONER TRANSPORTS? from Madrid (AFP)
Several nations investigate reports that the US is transferring suspects through their airports.
Take action!
PROTECT COLOMBIAN UNION LEADERS from unionvoice.org
Take 30 seconds to help save the life of Miguel Fernandez.
HELP SHAPE CANADA'S FOREIGN POLICY from the Parliament of Canada website
Read policy statement, participate in national survey.
Feedback from our readers
MIS-EDUCATION FROM THE US from James Beck, Calgary AB
It is still being taught today...
Humour
HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? from Randy B Singer
This takes a lot of calculating...
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