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Posted: March 29, 2006
"POOR" PROVINCIAL BUDGET by Linda McQuaig
Incredibly, McGuinty has done relatively less for poor than reviled Mike Harris.
EXITING THE AFGHAN QUAGMIRE by George Melnyk
Presenting the case for disengagement in combat duties, and a step-by-step guide on how to do it.
TV CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU by Metta Spencer
Entertainment can help heal, uplift, inform, inspire and motivate, if that is what we want it to do.
ELECTORAL REFORM by Geoffrey Stevens
Parliament would look very different if it truly reflected our population.
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 Editorial
THANK YOU FOR SPINNING by Ish Theilheimer
Ontario government action on college strike, OMERS dispute and nuclear "greenscreen" evoke satirical novel.
THE ETHICS OF NUCLEAR WASTE by Hugh Robertson
Ontario should ban nuclear power plants, not build more of them.
Health matters
PANDEMIC PANIC by Cathy Crowe
Current policies for the homeless practically guarantee the spread of contagion.
 Rez Solutions?
BLUE QUILL CONTINUES by Stewart Steinhauer
Passing time at the ceremony to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding.
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 Canadian Politics
NDP NICE — BUT BORING by Herschel Hardin
No breakthroughs in the provinces, no spirited public debates — what did the NDP really achieve?
CAW LEADERSHIP BRINGS BACK GOMPERISM by Peter Leibovitch
Hargove's support for Rae as Liberal leader, sells out the working class.
ETHICS COMMISSIONER AT QUESTION by Aaron Freeman
Emerson investigation irreparably harmed Shapiro's credibility.
DON'T BELIEVE THE LIBERAL HYPE by Bill Tieleman
BC government rediscovers social issues — in news releases, anyway.
 ONTARIO AS A "HAVE-NOT" PROVINCE from Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 06
Adjusting equalization payments and policies will be a challenge for Harper, McGuinty.
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NDP boring? Ontario poor? Pandemic panic? Pull the troops?
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 World beat
THE TB PANDEMIC by Dr. Bob Dickson and Randy Rudolph
Forget bird flu. It's shameful to have two million preventable deaths a year from TB.
TABOO TOPICS ABOUT AIDS IN AFRICA by Maggie Picard
Poverty, culture, customs complicate efforts to halt HIV/AIDs transmission.
Communities, rights and change
 CANADIAN TROOPS IN IRAQ by Reuel S Amdur
Exchange programs puts Canadian soldiers in combat, although Canada opposed invasion.
 Workplaces
MORE JOBS, JOBS, JOBS by Mike Martin
Five more suggestions for creating jobs — and how to pay for them.
Watershed ways
 DECENTRALIZING POWER by Lynn Jones
Every building could be its own power station, using heat pumps, solar panels and micro wind turbines.
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IMAGES OF WORK
In a world of candid, spot news photography, the photographic images composed by artists Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge stand out as different — not just because they celebrate workers, working life and organized labour, but because the pictures combine photos with representational art and vivid colours that play with depth perception and, at times, verge on cubism. Worth a few extra minutes to appreciate the depth of field they create.
www.workingimage.ca
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Consumers
WORK FROM HOME SCAMS from the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Beware "auto-surfing" schemes.
 Media files
LAP DOGS OF THE PRESS by Helen Thomas, for The Nation.com
US news media echoed White House pronouncements uncritically before the Afghanistan and Iraq invasions.
Hot headlines
INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY by Janet Reitman, for Rolling Stone
Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion.
CAW CALLS ON MEMBERS TO ABANDON NEW DEMOCRATS from CTV.ca News Staff
Union reacts to party's expulsion of Buzz Hargrove.
WEIRD SOUTH DAKOTA by Heather Mallick, for CBC News Viewpoint
State that banned abortion is just off-kilter.
Take action!
SIGN OPEN LETTER FOR CHILD CARE from the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Be sure the PM knows the public supports child care, when Parliament opens on April 3.
Feedback from our readers
REVITALIZE THE PEACE PROCESS from Peggy Mason, in Kinburn ON
Stabilize and then work for peace in Afghanistan.
Humour
YOU MIGHT BE A VIKING IF... from Athenascribe, for Moonlight Muse Magazine
Snorri isn't a typo.
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