Posted: April 07, 2010

WARM, WITH A CHANCE OF DISASTER by Linda McQuaig
  Oil companies fund fog of uncertainty on climate change.
 
 

MERCHANTS OF DOUBT by Stephen Leahy
  Q & A about deniers, with science historian Naomi Oreskes.
 
 

BANNING THE NIQAB by Christine Overall
  Excluding women who wear the veil is not the way to advance equality.
 
 

SASKATCHEWAN PARTY GOVERNMENT FLOUTS ILO by Joe Kuchta
  Employment Minister Rob Norris defies International Labour Organization ruling.
 

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Editorial
REFUGEE REFORMS SHOW PROMISE, BUT IGNORE DANGERS OF "SAFE" COUNTRIES by Ish Theilheimer
  Since rich countries created desperation in poor ones, we owe compassion to at least some of the victims.
 

Gordon's corner


THE GG ASSUMPTION by Charles Gordon
  Can we live without a Governor-General? We'll never know.
 
 

Science matters

ONE COST OF FOREST DEPLETION by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  It's getting harder and harder to spot the spotted owl.
 

MeanToons
TAKE HER WORD FOR IT
  Here's an unimpeachable character witness.

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Canadian Politics
MAKING THE COMMONS GROW AND GROW AND GROW by Geoffrey Stevens
  Constitutional guarantees mean that the number of MPs will never shrink.
 

FEMALE HOCKEY: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME by Elsie Hambrook
  At the 1924 Olympic hockey debut, Canadian men outscored their opposition 122-3.
 

MCGUINTY ATTACKS UNIONS WITH "BALANCE" by Inside Queen's Park
  Ontario budget sets up arenas where civil sectors must vie for allocated funds.
 

"FIGHT HST" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES by Bill Tieleman
  Group has 90 days to collect signatures for repeal.
 
 

Workplaces
UNIONS MAKE WORK SAFER! from the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
  April 28 is International Workers' Memorial Day 2010.

Consumers
CROSS-BORDER CONSUMER PROTECTION from the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network
  Network reaches enforcement and NGOs in 40 countries.

Media
STORY OF STUFF WINS FRED ROGERS AWARD from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
  Annie Leonard's Internet video picks up prize for integrity, education.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

IRAQ WAR VIDEO TV images like this helped put an end to the war in Vietnam. Wikileaks fought for years to obtain 2007 military air videos of US troops strafing Iraqi civilians – including two Reuters stringers – all of whom died. Then the troops shot up the van that tried to rescue a wounded man, injuring two children. Disturbing images, but important.   wikileaks.org

Hot headlines
THE DEVIL MADE THEM DO IT from gawker.com
  And other stuff that Catholics have blamed for the pedophilia scandal.

NETANYAHU VS OBAMA by Gwynne Dyer
  Israeli PM caught in contest of will with US president.
 
 

ANN COULTER'S CANADIAN HOSTS by Gerald Caplan
  Ezra Levant was prominent, others are more reticent about their involvement.
 
 

WHO KILLED THE MINERS? by Jeff Biggers
  Mining industry has long placed profits over safety.

Take action!
STOP GE WHEAT AND ALFALFA from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
  Support Bill C-474 – before April 14, 2010.

Feedback from our readers
COLOMBIA TRADE DEAL WILL HURT POOR by Stewart Vriesinga
  An FTA would make Canada complicit in Colombian genocide.

Humour
MATCHING UP from P Harmony
  Help is at hand, when the price is right.