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Posted: July 08, 2009
FINANCE MINISTER PROMOTES NEW RIGHT-WING THINK TANK by Linda McQuaig
Minister's office denies any impropriety in letter and private dinner supporting the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
IGNATIEFF WOOS ALBERTA by Gillian Steward
Liberal leader tells oil producers they're already in the driver's seat.
EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE LAND by David McLaren
As a society, we still measure our wealth by how much stuff we have.
VOICE FROM HONDURAS from the School of the Americas Watch
Coup repeats familiar pattern taught at defunct School of the Americas.
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 Editorial
CANADIAN UNION SEEKS TO CREATE YES-WE-CAN EFFECT HERE by Ish Theilheimer
New Member Action Program brings union issues to attention of sympathetic politicians.
Science matters
SOME ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORIES by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
Provinces move to protect boreal forests, feds move to protect aquatic wildlife, including whales.
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 Canadian Politics
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS by Geoffrey Stevens
Immigrants add new dimensions to the Canadian population.
GENDER, POVERTY, AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS by Elsie Hambrook
NB seeks integrated approach to reducing rates, effects of poverty.
CAMPBELL'S OWN WATERGATE UNRAVELS by Bill Tieleman
Alleged bribes and dirty tricks, and now erased emails. Sound familiar?
DOING THE MATH IN ALBERTA by Ricardo Acuña
Unlike the provincial government, gas companies can generally do math.
 World beat
WHY OBAMA PICKED GHANA by Chido Nwangwu
US President's visit to Africa important for economic and social strategies.
Workplaces
UNION ACTION "POSTER CHILD" SPARKED WASHINGTON STATE TURN-AROUND by Ish Theilheimer
Tami Green, nurse, went from union skeptic to union-supported State Rep, and helped make big changes.
Consumers
TOP 10 DUMBEST THINGS PC USERS DO WITH THEIR COMPUTERS from support.com
Don't blame the technology if you click on that pop-up that promises to "protect" your PC.
Media files
CRTC INCREASES FUNDING FOR THE LOCAL PROGRAMMING IMPROVEMENT FUND from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
Cable and satellite companies will contribute 1.5 percent of gross revenues to the fund.
Hot headlines
THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE by Matt Taibbi
Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.
G8 LOOKS AT NEW GLOBAL RESERVE CURRENCY by Karim Bardeesy
US dollar no longer seen as supreme, stable.
SARAH PALIN'S STRAIGHT TALK by Gail Collins
Alaska governor's resignation speech shows she hasn't changed a bit.
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NOAM CHOMSKY ON CRISIS AND HOPE
Leading progressive intellectual on leading independent newscast
Amy Goodman is, of course, a pioneer in independent progressive radio and TV broadcasting. In this hour-long TV program, she interviews Noam Chomsky about his new book, Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours. The webpage offers a rush transcript as well as the 60-minute video of the conversation.
www.democracynow.org/2009/7/3/noam_chomsky_on_crisis_and_hope
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URGE THE G8 TO SUPPORT A STRONG CLIMATE TREATY from Avaaz.org
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Feedback from our readers
RE: PLUNDERING A VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC ASSET... from Dave Thomas
How can the feds sell the AECL without the approval of Parliament?
Humour
DOCTOR'S ORDERS from the Internet
Just follow the prescription, please.
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