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Posted: April 05, 2006
HARPER'S CHOICES by Linda McQuaig
Secretive and arrogant, he also apes Bush's line.
WHY PEACE TEAMS RISK THEIR LIVES by Lyn Adamson
International peace workers support and strengthen local human rights activists.
HOMELESSNESS IS A NATIONAL DISASTER by Cathy Crowe
Canada is practically the only industrial nation without a national housing program.
TALES OF LUNACY AND HOPE FROM NEW ORLEANS by Bill Quigley
FEMA pays $60,000 USD apiece for trailers but denies homeowners the keys to use them.
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SAVE OUR SEED by Robbie Anderman
Environmentalists celebrate as UN rejects terminator seed technology.
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Editorial
GREEN WAVE COMING by Ish Theilheimer
Environmental politics could soon become the only politics.
 Rez Solutions?
LAND CLAIMS AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS by Stewart Steinhauer
"What's yours" and "what's mine" does not work in Cree.
Faith speaks
CREATION CARE by Jim Wallis
The Religious Right is losing control in the US, especially on environmental issues.
 Gordon's corner
MEMORIES OF CHRISTOPHER YOUNG by Charles Gordon
Dedicated newspaper editor set professional standard and served as role model.
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Canadian Politics
STIFLING HEALTH CARE DEBATE by Bill Tieleman
Candidate for CMA president tells Fraser Institute he supports privatization.
IN DEFENCE OF POLITICIANS by Geoffrey Stevens
Despite the sponsorship scandal, there are many, many good apples in the barrel.
Communities, rights and change
MAKING HARRIS LOOK GOOD by Reuel S Amdur
McGuinty government's stingy welfare policies widening the gap.
Consumers
TELECOM REVIEW PANEL REPORT SPARKS RESPONSES compiled by SG Staff
Report addressed de-regulation, foreign ownership, rural access to telephony, cable TV, Internet.
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NEW UNION FOR FREE-LANCERS by Noelle Boughton
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers organizing self-employed creators.
 CHILLING THE NEWS MEDIA by Don Johnson
Add "PMO chill" and "owner chill" to the barriers reporters face in trying to cover the news.
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Hot headlines
BEIJING PLUS TEN by Rosemarie Bar, from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Women are still waiting for national governments to carry through on promises made in 1995.
CLINIC ON NATIVE LAND from Democracynow.org
South Dakota Indian band announces its plans to open an abortion clinic in defiance of new state legislation.
BOY BIRTH RATE DROPPING by Geoffrey Lean, for The Independent
Pollution blamed for increased proportion of girl babies.
HARPER POISED TO KILL KYOTO ACCORD by Donald Gutstein, for theTyee.ca
Announcement given scant scrutiny by media giants.
Take action!
END THE CLAWBACK from the Income Security Advocacy Centre
Tell Ontario to restore the full Child Tax Benefit to single parents on welfare.
Feedback from our readers
AMERICA'S BRUTAL TACTICS from John Chuckman
The US claims to support the "rule of law". Its actions speak differently.
Humour
A "CRAPPY" CREATION STORY from the Internet
The workers are revolted.
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A DARK GREEN HORSE
Preston Manning has said he is interested in running for leadership of the Alberta Conservative party — as the environmental candidate. Frontrunner Jim Dinning has waited patiently for lo, these ten or twelve years, for his chance to be Premier. Manning has the money, the fame, the province-wide support and now he has claimed the environment as his issue. (No other Tories were using it.) Follow how he develops his green policies at his new website, the Manning Centre. Especially, check out point number three in his speech to the Conservative convention.
www.manningcentre.ca
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