Posted: April 22, 2009
CORPORATIONS BLAME UNIONS FOR ECONOMIC MELTDOWN by Linda McQuaig
Elite deflect blame, settle old scores, by demanding concessions from auto workers.
FEDS SET OUT VOLUNTARY STANDARDS FOR MINING COMPANIES by Yves Engler
Corporate Social Responsibility advocates outraged by weak enforcement clause.
REMEMBERING THE 1979 NO CANDU FIGHT by David Frank
Canadian labour, faith, peace activists denied nukes to Argentine junta.
FACTORING FARMING INTO CLIMATE CHANGE by Stephen Leahy
Agriculture could be friend or foe.
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Editorial
HEALTH CARE CUTS HIT HOME by Ish Theilheimer
Fifteen years of tax cuts and privatization have set the stage for patient-care crisis.
BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS by Penney Kome
There is so much to say about the new US President.
OBAMA RELEASES "TORTURE MEMOS" from Radio Free Europe
Making the documents public continues Obama's policy of reversing in a highly visible way the most controversial policies of the Bush administration's "war on terror."
Science matters
IF THE BEES DISAPPEAR, WE'LL ALL BE STUNG by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
Without pollinators, plants won't be able to produce the food we eat.
MeanToons
WELL, YOU COULD CALL IT TALENT by John Meaney
Unfortunately, this songbird sounds sour.
www.meantoons.com
Canadian Politics
AIRBUS INQUIRY CAN ANSWER SOME KEY QUESTIONS by Geoffrey Stevens
Stephen Harper probably worried that the affair could damage the Conservative party.
ALBERTA ACCUSED OF MUZZLING AUDITOR GENERAL by Jeremy Klaszus
Fred Dunn told to keep away from sensitive political topics.
WOMEN AND VOTING by Elsie Hambrook
Ninety years after suffrage, only 13 percent of New Brunswick legislators are women.
BILL TIELEMAN IS TRAVELING by Bill Tieleman
His column will return next week.
CANADIAN TAMILS STAGE TWO-WEEK RALLY TO STOP DEVASTATION by Ish Theilheimer
Demonstrators distraught about casualty numbers.
Idiocracy Watch
HARPER'S BEST BUDDY from Idiocracy Watch
Everyone needs someone to share ideas with.
Workplaces
ONTARIO TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE from the Ontario Federation of Labour
Government introduces significant changes to Health and Safety law.
Watershed ways
ONTARIO'S MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOL by Janet McNeill
Admaston Public School to receive award during Earth Week.
Consumers
KEEPING COOL WITH A SIMPLE COMPUTER TRICK by Dylan Kome
Try this when your PC slows down.
LITTLE BERNIE MADOFFS ABOUND ON THE INTERNET, BBB WARNS from the Better Business Bureau
Cash gifting pyramid schemes flourishing online.
Media files
ERDC WINS CLASS ACTION STATUS from the Electronic Rights Defence Committee
Free-lancers advance in Quebec-based $33 million lawsuit.
Hot headlines
DESPITE ZUMA by Gwynne Dyer
Jacob Zuma may be corrupt, but he won't single-handedly ruin South Africa.
Take action!
SIGN NUPGE'S 5-POINT PLAN from the National Union of Public and General Employees
Sign petition calling for a strong economy and a fair society.
Feedback from our readers
LIKE NUKES? MAKE BOND by Todd Millions
Politicians who promote uranium should be required to sign pledges to pay for all costs of any accidents.
Humour
ORIENTATION SESSION IN HEAVEN from Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
Three men muse about mutterings over their coffins.
