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Posted: June 14, 2006
 HATE AND HYSTERIA IN CANADIAN NEWS by Linda McQuaig
If being civil invites terrorism, there would be a lot more in Sweden and a lot less in Egypt.
CANADA'S WAR IN AFGHANISTAN "ILL-ADVISED" by Paul Weinberg
Canadian scholar seeks path to reconciliation in troubled nation.
HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS by Cathy Crowe
Incredible violence not taken seriously in US or in Canada.
 SUING FOR BREATH by Stephen Leahy
Ontario joins joint lawsuit against coal-fired electricity plants.
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NUCLEAR PUTS THE OWE IN ONTARIO by Ish Theilheimer
Decision to build more reactors assures high debt and environmental questions.
 GAY MARRIAGE CRITIC ARGUES IN CIRCLES by Michele Landsberg
Margaret Somerville's "scientific" views coincide with conservative religious attitudes.
 Gordon's corner
CHICKEN LITTLEISTS TRIUMPH by Charles Gordon
The alleged terrorist story is a big club with which to hit people with whom you disagree.
Rez Solutions?
 A POST-COLONIAL THEORY OF RACE by Stewart Steinhauer
Our history is the history of western Europe's colonization of Turtle Island.
UPDATE FROM GRAND RIVER by Hazel Hill
Protestors, OPP clash.
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 Canadian Politics
BRING ON THE REAL ISSUES by Bill Tieleman
Parliament has better things to do than revisit same-sex debate.
 ATLANTICA CONCEPT NEEDS BOUNDARIES by John Jacobs
Bid to promote cross-border trade risks undermining Canadian public policies.
ASSESSING THE TERRORIST THREAT by Geoffrey Stevens
Let's avoid hysteria over the ballyhooed arrests.
 SMOLDERING ISSUES SINGE QUEEN'S PARK from Inside Queen's Park Vol 19, No 11
Summer break lets parties gear up for 2007 election.
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Communities, rights and change
 JAGGI SINGH DISRUPTS CPJ MEETING by Reuel S Amdur
Activist prevents Immigration Minister from addressing Citizens for Public Justice.
 Workplaces
VOLKSWAGEN RATTLES WORKERS by Mike Martin
Union wants to see full corporate plan before agreeing to any formal negotiations. These negotiations set a standard for German workers' futures.
VIOLENCE BLOCKS UNION ORGANIZING from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU Online)
ICFTU details brutal suppression of workers' rights worldwide.
World beat
BAHRAIN WOMAN ELECTED UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT from the UN News service
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa becomes the third woman ever to hold the post.
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Hot headlines
FEDERAL BUDGET PASSES UNOPPOSED ON MIX-UP from CBC news
No one stood to speak, so budget was declared passed by unanimous consent.
GMO CROPS FLUNK THE TEST by James L Donahue
The bugs are eating those "pest killing" crops.
 USING CHILDREN AS "GOD'S ARMY" by Kirsten A Powers, for The American Prospect
While Pentecostals recruit kids for "war", other Christians seek more moderate politics.
 DEATH OF A JAILBIRD by Robert Fisk, for Counterpunch.org
Zarqawi's end is not a famous victory.
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POET LAUREATE RE-LAUNCHES WEBSITE
The Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Mrs. Pauline Michel, is proud to announce that the Poems of the Week website is online again. Until the end of Mrs. Michel's mandate on November 16th, 2006, readers will have access to poems written by 48 living Canadian poets who were invited to share their poetry. Two new poems will be available each week: one in French, the other in English. Previous poems will remain online in the archive section.
www.parl.gc.ca/Information/about/...
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TAKE A PEACE TOUR compiled by SG staff
Peace is busting out all over.
Feedback from our readers
TERROR IN TORONTO OR TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT? from John Chuckman
A storm of commentary has been unleashed. This reader's opinion is well worth reading...
 Humour
A TIGER BY ANY OTHER STRIPE from the Internet
Perhaps this could happen only in California.
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