Posted: June 13, 2007

HARPER BIDS TO BE BUSH'S "POODLE" by Linda McQuaig
  Support for missile defence shield contrary to official policy.
 
 

EARTH INC SLIDING INTO BANKRUPTCY by Stephen Leahy
  Quest for short-term profits could trigger Enron-like collapse of global ecology.
 
 

AMNESTY URGES HARPER TO ENDORSE UN RESOLUTION by Irene Khan
  Harper ignored DINA, DFAIT, senior officials' recommendations to endorse.
 

THE HIDDEN JOB CRISIS by Andrew Jackson
  Most workers do not share in the GDP growth caused by the resource boom.
 
 

IN DEFENCE OF PARIS HILTON by Ed Kent
  Rich kids aren't always happy kids.

CounterThink
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT by Mike Adams
  Two wrongs don't make it light.

Editorial

CANADA'S PERFORMANCE AT G8 LETS DOWN THE ONES I LOVE by Ish Theilheimer
  Turtles, frogs and humanity have reason to snap.
 

Canadian Politics

BOOTED FOR REPRESENTING HIS CONSTITUENTS by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harperites expelled NS MP Bill Casey when they couldn't pressure him into supporting the budget.
 
 

HEALTH WORKERS DESERVE COMPENSATION by Bill Tieleman
  Supreme Court overrules Premier's attempt to shred collective bargaining.
 
 

CALGARY FEELING LEFT OUT by Sheila Pratt
  Northern, rural Alberta forms new Premier Ed Stelmach's power base.
 
 

WHEN "DEFENCE" IS OFFENCE by James Laxer
  Bush and Harper are dumb and dumber in Eastern Europe.
 
 

Gordon's corner

HOCKEY NEVER REALLY ENDS by Charles Gordon
  A true fan always has hockey on his mind.
 
 

Faith speaks
40 YEARS OF ISRAEL IN GAZA AND WEST BANK by Rabbi Michael Lerner
  How to end the immoral occupation and build lasting peace.

Science matters


LET'S NOT FORGET CONSERVATION by David Suzuki
  Rio Earth Summit included a treaty on protecting biodiversity.
 
 

Workplaces

CHARTER PROTECTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING by NUPGE
  Supreme Court ruling affirms labour rights are human rights.
 
 

FACING UP TO WORKPLACE BULLYING by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Women are more likely than men to be targets.
 
 

Media files

CRTC DENIES CTV'S BID FOR CITYTV STATIONS by Antonia Zerbisias
  Diversity in TV ownership protected, at least for now.
 

World beat
BATTLING VULTURE FUNDS from Democracy Now!
  Greg Palast exposes loan sharks that buy up third world debt, just before it's forgiven, and sue for exorbitant interest.
 

Hot headlines

THE PLAN TO DISAPPEAR CANADA by Murray Dobbin
  'Deep integration' comes out of shadows.
 
 

DUBIOUS BREAKTHROUGH by Ish Theilheimer
  New federal program for land claims more to reassure transportation industry than First Nations.

TOUGH LUCK, LADIES by Katha Pollitt
  US SCC rules against equal-pay complaint because plaintiff didn't file within six months of starting job.

MY WAR ON ELECTROSMOG by Julia Stephenson
  How one woman was diagnosed by her naturopath with overexposure to Wi-Fi and mobile phone frequencies.
 
 

TELLER LAUNCHES CLASS-ACTION SUIT AGAINST BANK by Tobi Cohen
  $30,000/year teller alleges $50,000 of unpaid overtime over 10 years, required of her and others.

TO REMAKE THE WORLD by Paul Hawken
  New leaderless social justice movement sweeping the US.

Take action!
REDUCE YOUR ENERGY USE from the David Suzuki Foundation
  Pledge to meet the Nature Challenge.

Humour
WILD LIFE ADVISORY from the Internet
  Safety suggestions for golfers.