Posted: January 24, 2007

DON'T BET ON AN ELECTION THIS SPRING by Geoffrey Stevens
  No one wants a third election in less than three years.
 
 

VIOLENCE PREVENTION A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  We need to focus on social standards rather than individual behaviour.
 

HIDDEN COSTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY by Charles Caccia
  We have no way to dispose of nuclear waste.
 
 

KANESATAKE MOHAWK NATION FIGHTS FOR MIRABEL LAND by Heidi Schneider
  Feds promised to sell land back to farmers but Mohawks say they were there first.

CHARGING TOWARDS THE BIG MELT by Stephen Leahy
  Consumption has climate change consequences.
 
 

Editorial

GOVERNMENT GREENWASHES ITS TRUE AGENDA by Ish Theilheimer
  We don't call them Harpocrites for nothing.
 

PIG FARMS AND SEX LEGISLATION by Penney Kome
  Under the sensationalism and sentimentality lies a serious social issue.
 
 

Book excerpt
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE by Barack Obama
  "What's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics."
 

Gordon's corner

CELEBRITY OBSESSED by Charles Gordon
  Media, Internet clogged with comments about famous people we love to hate.
 
 

Science matters

THE ENVIRONMENT IS HOT by David Suzuki
  Canadians do want government to lead in tackling climate change.
 

Canadian Politics

MILLIONAIRES REAP THE LIBERAL REWARDS by Bill Tieleman
  Campbell spends $25 million on tax breaks rather than housing for the homeless.
 
 

Workplaces

WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS OUT OF SYNC by David McKie
  Special investigation finds Workers' Comp and Occupation Health inspectors overlook non-traditional occupational risks.
 

CLOSING THE GAP SLIGHTLY by Andrew Jackson
  Canada could tax back part of CEO's extravagant pay packages.

Watershed ways


A BURNING ISSUE... by Janet McNeill
  Fine paper much in demand for recycling.
 
 

Consumers
BEWARE OIL STOCK SCAMS from the North American Securities Administrators Association
  Slippery oil and gas deals still favoured ploy to fleece investors.

FEDS URGE CONSUMERS TO MONITOR ALL CREDIT CARDS from the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
  Winners and HomeSense hacked; other cardholders vulnerable.

World beat
TOP HEAVY WEALTH from the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)
  Pioneering study shows richest two percent own half of world wealth.
 

Hot headlines
THE US HEALTH CARE CRISIS by Ted Rall
  "We are Canada's Mexicans".

ACTION AND OVERREACTION IN AMERICA by Heather Mallick
  Historian arrested in another instance of US penchant for strong-arm reactions.
 
 

STATE OF THE UNION by Dianne Rinehart
  The good and bad news about this week's marriage and fertility statistics.
 
 

Take action!
POSTCARD CAMPAIGN TO BAN TERMINATOR SEEDS from USC Canada
  Last year's campaign was so successful, they're doing it again.

Feedback from our readers
WHY PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT INSULTS AND INFURIATES ME by Alice Grange

Humour
RECYCLING CAN WORK from the Internet
  ... perhaps even be enjoyable!