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Posted: February 22, 2006
"DEMOCRATIC CONCEPTS" by Linda McQuaig
If Hamas must renounce violence, so should Israel.
MIKE HARRIS TESTIFIES by Kate Harries
Former Premier cross-examined at Ipperwash inquiry.
KEEP THE CHILD CARE PROMISE by James Clancy, President of NUPGE
Sixty-four percent of Canadian voters voted for parties that support universal child care.
WOMEN'S FORUM RAISES THE ROOF by Penney Kome
Ad Hoc 25th anniversary rocks the House.
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Editorial
 LIBERAL LEADERSHIP OLYMPICS, BUZZING OFF AND MORE by Ish Theilheimer
Perhaps chocolate risotto will become part of the recipe for strategic voting.
 Health matters
GOODBYE, EUROPE. HELLO, USA. by Diana Gibson
Alberta headed for USA-style health care system.
Rez Solutions?
 CAUSES OF DEATH by Stewart Steinhauer
In which Stewart crunches some numbers and calculates Saddle Lake mortality rates.
 Faith speaks
CANADA STAYS COOL by Tarek Fatah, for the Muslim Canadian Congress
National Muslim Coalition issues statement on cartoon controversy.
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Canadian Politics
BC LIBERALS' PRIVATE AGENDA by Bill Tieleman
Forget the Throne Speech — the BC government plans to privatize health care.
 ASKING FOR MORE FOOD by Maggie Hughes
Hamilton round table on poverty tells City Hall what the special diet allowance can do for them.
Workplaces
ALBERTA BOUND by Mike Martin
Jobs disappearing except in Alberta.
Consumers
HOW TO COMPLAIN from Marketplace, via CBC.ca
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WESTERN STANDARD OVERSTEPS by Jim Macdonald, Edmonton, Canadian Press
Premier Klein's wife, Colleen, said to be devastated by magazine article.
 World beat
NO WAY TO BUILD PEACE by Stephen Leahy
US policies in Iraq, Afghanistan actually encourage terrorism.
ANOTHER NUCLEAR "ROGUE STATE" by Gwynne Dyer
Jacques Chirac starts nuclear sabre rattling.
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CODE BLUE FOR CHILD CARE
As the battle heats up to protect and promote the federal-provincial agreement for a national system of quality, affordable child care, the organization and website likely to be coordinating the pro-child care lobby is the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada. The CCAAC has already declared the situation "Code Blue", saying, "child care is at risk as never before." If you are concerned about this issue, this is one website you must bookmark and visit regularly.
www.childcareadvocacy.ca/index.shtml
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Hot headlines
THE ANTI-ABORTION PARADOX by Cristina Page, AlterNet.org
Pro-life tactics have actually helped encourage abortions and have led to riskier sex, especially among teens.
 US HISTORY OF TORTURE by Naomi Klein, in The Nation.com
George Bush denied torture not far from the original School of the Americas, where the US practice started.
PREVAL DECLARED PRESIDENT OF HAITI by Amy Bracken, for IPS News.net
Poor people's favorite wins, ending electoral crisis.
 HARPER, BUSH SHARE ROOTS IN STRAUSSIAN POLITICS by Donald Gutstein, for TheTyee.ca
Close advisors schooled in "the noble lie" and "régime change".
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SAY NO TO NUCLEAR POWER IN ONTARIO from Sierra Club Canada
The Ontario government could make a decision on the province's electricity options as early as this March.
Feedback from our readers
WESTERN "KNOW HOW" from Peter Leibovitch, unspecified email
Knows how to get a job done (for the good of ourselves).
Humour
RETARDED GRANDPARENTS from the Internet
This story was reported by a teacher.
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