Posted: May 05, 2010

RESTRAINT HITS POOR THE HARDEST by Linda McQuaig
  Ontario's austerity program literally takes food out of the mouths of the hungry.
 
 

FIRE ON THE BAYOU by Bill Quigley
  Non-stop river of oil heads to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
 
 

PRIVATIZING PRISON SUPPLIES from the National Farmer's Union
 Replacing milk from prison farms to cost almost $1 million.

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION TREATY UP FOR REVIEW by Nikola Krastev
  Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend the conference.

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Editorial
UNIONS ORGANIZING GLOBALLY TO CURB CORPORATE POWER by Ish Theilheimer with YouTube videos
  Linking up across borders is the only way to fight transnationals.
 

Gordon's corner


BACK NEXT WEEK
  Charles Gordon will return.
 
 

Science matters
RE-THINKING SALMON FARMS by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  Considering the dangers wild salmon face, closed-containment farming might be a good idea after all.

MeanToons
CHEERING ON THE SPEAKER
  Stop the press! Parliamentarian does something right.

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Canadian Politics

"BAD KING STEPHEN" AND THE AFGHAN PRECEDENT by Geoffrey Stevens
  Trench warfare in the House.
 

BALANCE IS GOOD IN POLITICS by Elsie Hambrook
  Yet gender balance still seems to be a bold idea.
 
 

MCGUINTY'S SEX ED LESSON by Inside Queen's Park
  Inept handling leads to derailment of program.
 

NEW "DISCOVER CANADA" GUIDE by Laura Kaminker
  Harperites' rewrite of immigrant guide reflects very conservative values.
 
 

MAY DAY IN ALBERTA by Ricardo Acuña
  Time to wake the sleeping labour giant.
 
 

SHUTTING DOWN DEBATE AND INVESTIGATIONS by Bill Tieleman
  BC Liberals' contempt for democracy goes way beyond HST
 
 

Workplaces
USW PROSECUTES WEYERHAEUSER IN WORKER'S DEATH from the United Steelworkers of Canada
  Union invokes Westray law to pursue criminal charges in woodhog death.

Consumers
GET CANADA ON TRACK by Paul Langan
  The founder of High Speed Rail Canada says the rest of the world has already embraced high-speed rail.

PUBLIC ISPS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
  Publicly owned networks offer fastest speeds at lowest prices: report.

World beat


ISRAEL'S LAND SHARKS by Uri Avnery
  In the end, the occupation might be about real estate profits.
 
 

DEATHS CONTINUE IN HONDURAS from the Maquila Solidarity Network
  Despite election, killing of activists and journalists continues.

Media files
CANWEST FINDS BUYERS by Straight Goods staff
  Shaw cable company to buy out Goldman Sachs' shares in broadcast services.

PICK OF THE WEEK

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS BELONGS... May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, and Canada's own media freedom opened up dramatically in 2009, according to an online report from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.   www.cjfe.org/releases/2010/2009review.html

Hot headlines
US FEDS FUND MEDIA LITERACY VIDEO GAME by Stuart Elliot for the New York Times
  New website teaches youth to analyze ad propaganda.

Take action!
TELL G8 SUMMIT WHAT'S IMPORTANT from from Make Poverty History
  Sign on to economic, ecological and equality-seeking agenda.

Feedback from our readers
THE NATURE OF CANADIAN DEMOCRACY by Claude Tardif
  Political representatives are not selected by scouting the Tim Hortons across the country.

Humour
OBAMA REGALES THE MEDIA from YouTube
  President wins laughs at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.