Posted: June 03, 2009

DEFICIT TRUMPS EI, SOCIAL SPENDING by Linda McQuaig
  Harperites blame deficit on unemployed, not on tax cuts or military spending.
 
 

SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH by Stephen Leahy
  Researchers document extraordinary abundance of marine life in oceans past.
 
 

CANADA'S NEW "AID EFFECTIVENESS AGENDA" by Christina Dendys and Randy Rudolph
  RESULTS suggests how to turn good intentions into a meaningful legacy.
 

COUNTRIES ALREADY DESTROYING CLUSTER BOMBS from Landmine Monitor
  Report finds several nations acting even before treaty takes effect.

MeanToons
HOW MAGNA GOT A NEW DIVISION
  Bankruptcy if necessary, but not necessarily bankruptcy...

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Editorial

PROGRESSIVE ALLIES WIN A WELL-FOUGHT ROUND ON COLOMBIA TRADE by Ish Theilheimer
  And – getting Jack back into the story.
 

SLOW DEATH BY RUBBER DUCK by Colleen Kimmett
  Interview with two authors who researched by exposing themselves to common chemicals.

Science matters

BC'S TROPHY HUNT IS UNBEARABLE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Nearly 11,000 BC grizzly bears have been killed for sport in the last 30 years.
 

Canadian Politics
AN UGLY CAMPAIGN AWAITS THE COUNTRY by Geoffrey Stevens
  The easiest course for the Liberals and Conservatives alike is to go negative.
 

BC LIBERALS FUDGE FINANCIAL STATUS by Bill Tieleman
  Deficit is likely to be three or four times what Liberals predicted during the election.
 
 

EQUALITY MAKES GOOD ECONOMIC SENSE by Elsie Hambrook
  But equality-seekers must keep good and bad news in perspective.
 
 

NS PREMIER RODNEY MACDONALD FLOUNDERING by Stephen Kimber
  The traditional Tory vote is expected to collapse on election day.
 

EDMONTON PRIVATIZES EPCOR by Ricardo Acuña for Vue Weekly
  The public didn't even hear about the sale until three weeks later.
 

ENERGETIC MICHAEL BRYANT TO HEAD INVEST TORONTO from Inside Queen's Park
  Queen's Park sees changes in Cabinet, NDP staff, Harmonized Sales Tax.
 

Workplaces
DRY SUMMER LOOMS IN ONTARIO AS LCBO WORKERS SQUEEZED by Ish Theilheimer
  Employer pushed most of its workforce into part-time status.

ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED TAKES ROUND-THE-CLOCK EFFORT by Samantha Bayard,with Ish Theiheimer
  Obtaining justice for Ottawa's janitors is not an easy task.

Media files

CAMERA-SHY COPS TARGET PHOTOGRAPHERS by John Baglow
  Police respond to picture-takers with take-downs, pepper spray and (unfounded) arrests.
 

Consumers
HOW THE HOME RENOVATION TAX CREDIT WORKS from the Government of Canada Department of Finance
  Feds will rebate 15 percent of costs after the first $1000.

PICK OF THE WEEK

HIGH ENERGY DANCE GROUP They're acrobats! They're Transformers! They're eleven British youth with their own highly original dance routines. And they beat Susan Boyle for first place in Britain's Got Talent. Watch Diversity in action on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwVfJqBfms

Hot headlines

GOP CRIES RACISM by Bob Herbert
  Neocon reaction to Sotomayor nomination "howls of a fading species".
 

IRRADIATED CAT FOOD KILLS CATS by Kelly Burke
  Australia reverses its requirement to irradiate imported pet food.

Take action!
SUPPORT THE BILL TO BAN ASBESTOS EXPORTS from RightOnCanada (the Rideau Institute)
  Send your letter to all party leaders.

Feedback from our readers
CANADA NEEDS BETTER COVERAGE OF TAMILS IN SRI LANKA by John Smith
  10,000 Tamil youths are in custody, and their fate is unknown.

Humour
WEIGHING THE COSTS from Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
  Justice may be blind, but not deaf.