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Posted: May 03, 2006
Updated: May 06, 2006
THE THREAT OF A WIDER WAR by James Laxer
Canada should dissuade the US from attacking Iran.
CANADA BACKPEDALS ON KYOTO PROMISES by Stephen Leahy
Emission control budget cut by 40 percent.
HOUSING UNDER HARPER by Cathy Crowe
Tax credits won't solve the crisis in quality, affordable shelter.
APOSTLE OF TRANSPARENCY by Geoffrey Stevens
Harper developing into most secretive PM in history.
WHY NEW DEMS SHOULD RELAX ABOUT BOB RAE'S BID FOR LIBERAL LEADERSHIP forwarded from the Internet by Ish Theilheimer
"Nepean Blogger" throws cold water of reality on the Chrétien camp's wunderkind.
 WHY I GAVE UP MY GREEN CARD by Michael Byers
Canadian ex-pat decides the USA is no place for him.
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RE: HARPER'S BUDGET — WE'VE BEEN THERE by Ish Theilheimer
Have-not province offers tip to rest of Canada: Resist Harpocracy!
 STRATEGIC FRAMING from the Rockridge Institute
George Lakoff's Rockridge Institute plans to reclaim progressive language.
TRIBUTE TO JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH by Mel Watkins
Best known economist in the world walked the corridors of power.
MILITARIZING SPACE by Richard Sanders, coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, and editor, Press for Conversion!
Canada plays a leading role in developing technology for space weapons.
 HOW TO BAKE A BIGGER PIE by Ken Georgetti
Only the rich benefit from the push for greater productivity.
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Wider war? Kyoto pledges? Accountability? Green card?
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Faith speaks
PLOUGHSHARES ON DARFUR from Moira Hutchinson, Chair, Project Ploughshares Board
Many religious leaders have appealed to Canada to intervene.
 Canadian Politics
FOI CHANGES SHOW HYPOCRISY by Bill Tieleman
Liberals pledged to expand Freedom of Information, but instead have restricted it.
HAMILTON REPORT ON PEAK OIL by Maggie Hughes
Time to revise city planning based on notion of unlimited fuel.
 WHAT FISCAL IMBALANCE? from the Canadian Policy Research Networks
Study groups show Canadians unconcerned about equalization payments.
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Communities, rights and change
THIS IS WHAT TWO-TIER LOOKS LIKE by Reuel S Amdur
Want a hearing test? You have a couple of choices.
 Workplaces
GLOBAL FIGHTBACK by Mike Martin
Workers overturned IMF and WTO demands in countries around the world.
Watershed ways
CONSERVATIVE CONSERVES ENERGY by Lynn Jones
Compact Fluorescent (CF) light bulbs a bright idea.
Consumers
WANT A BETTER DEAL? ASK! by Aviya Kushner
Phone rates, Internet, TV and bank rates particularly open to negotiation.
Media files
COLBERT VS BUSH from Editor & Publisher.com staff
Comedian skewers president at National Press Club dinner; president not amused.
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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
UNESCO has declared that the theme of World Press Freedom Day 2006 (May 3) is Media, Development and Poverty Eradication. "Media freedom and access to information play a key role in facilitating local participation and empowerment of the poor," says UNESCO. This year, the first Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Award (of US$ 25,000) will go to Lebanese TV presenter, May Chidiac, for her "direct and open approach in a country traumatized by years of war."
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NO MORE CHEAP OIL SAYS CHAVEZ by Meirion Jones, on gregpalast.com
Bush's war boosts Venezuela's oil revenue and influence in South America.
WHY THE US DOESN'T HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE by Dave Sirota, for inthesetimes.com
Doctors, patients, even large corporations want a Canadian-style system.
Take action!
PROMOTE FUNDING FOR PRO-SOCIAL BUSINESSES from the Canadian Co-operative Association
Social Economy Initiative funds may be on chopping block.
Feedback from our readers
CHIEF JOSEPH SPEAKS from Bob Wolfe, in Hudson Twp
If we sold our lands, this is the way they bought them.
Humour
DEFINING TEENAGERS from the Internet
Know anyone with these qualities?
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