Posted: September 02, 2009

FIRE THE BOSS! by Hazel Corcoran
  Hostile business reaction shows that workers' co-ops gaining visibility.
 
 

REBRANDING THE NDP by Marc Zwelling
  Time to think creatively about new names for the, um, movement.
 
 

CLIMATE CHANGE WORKAROUND by Stephen Leahy
  Use Montreal Protocol to limit super greenhouse gases, in face of resistence to Kyoto.
 
 

HAPPY LABOUR DAY! Time to celebrate the labour movement, who brought us the 8-hour work day, health insurance, public pension plans, provincial occupational health and safety agencies, and much, much more. Next week, we'll be back to excoriating the people who want to take those things away. Meanwhile, thanks for supporting independent journalism in Canada! Subscribe - Renew - Donate ... today!

Editorial

LEADERS, NOT MANAGERS, ARE NEEDED by Ish Theilheimer
  Canada needs an agenda for survival that only a broad coalition can deliver.
 
 

Science matters

UNCOVERING THE MYSTERY OF BC'S DISAPPEARING SOCKEYE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  When the salmon are in trouble, we're all in trouble.
 

MeanToons
PLAYING "CHICKEN" IN REVERSE
  Prepare for some Parliamentary posturing.

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Canadian Politics

THE MEDIA AND THE SUPREMES by Geoffrey Stevens
  Three key journalism cases to come to Supreme Court in October.
 

TAKE THE INITIATIVE by Bill Tieleman
  BCers oppose HST as proposed.
 
 

"HONOUR" KILLINGS AND OTHER FEMICIDES by Elsie Hambrook
 In whatever culture, efforts to control women all look like violence to me.
 

DEREGULATED COST INCREASES "CRUSH" CONSUMERS by Ricardo Acuña
  Parkland Institute and public interest advocates cry in frustration, "We told you so."
 

RALPH KLEIN'S SQUANDERED POTENTIAL by Gillian Steward
  Former Alberta Premier could have been a superstar.
 
 

Workplaces
LABOUR DAY MESSAGE by Ken Georgetti
  This has been a year when working people were counting their blessings instead of their accomplishments.

CELEBRATE LABOUR DAY! from CUPE
  Here is a national list of Labour Day events, from CUPE.

Consumers
BEWARE PROMISSORY NOTE SCAMS from the North American Security Administrators Association
  Legitimate promissory notes are marketed almost exclusively to sophisticated or corporate investors.

Media files
FACEBOOK AGREES TO ADDRESS PRIVACY COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  Proposed policy changes intended to bring site's practices into compliance with Canadian law.

Hot headlines
UTILITIES OPPOSE HOMEOWNERS' SOLAR PANELS by Matthew Philips
  Self-generated power cuts into utility companies' profits.

SMOKING MARIJUANA DOES NOT CAUSE LUNG CANCER by Fred Gardner
  Honest investigator delivers surprising news.

USA FRAMES LOCKERBIE BOMBER by Gwynne Dyer
  Recent evidence shows al-Megrahi is likely innocent.
 
 

THE REAL COST OF NEW US NUCLEAR REACTORS by Ryan Alexander for The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
  Government loan guarantees could leave taxpayers paying for endless money pits.

PICK OF THE WEEK

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Take action!
JOIN 350.ORG'S DAY OF ACTION from 350.org
  On October 24, people around the world will march to limit atmospheric carbon to 350 ppm.

Feedback from our readers
"TAX REVOLT! HST HATRED KEEPS GROWING" TRIGGERS RIGHT WING FRAME from David Thompson
  By now, I think the vast majority of progressives know the problem with using conservative frames.

Humour
ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION from Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar...
  Much hangs on how you phrase things.