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Workplaces
THE AUTOWORKERS' FREE-MARKET FRIEND IN OTTAWA by James Laxer
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty fails the autoworkers in his riding.
Gordon's corner
LIBERALS OFFER SNEAKY PROMISES by Charles Gordon
A February holiday is just the beginning of electoral temptations.
Science matters
RESPECT FOR NATURE HAS TO START AT HOME by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Children do what we do, not what we say.
Consumers
NO LOCAL PHONE SAVINGS from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Deregulation was supposed to decrease cost of local phone service.
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Hot headlines
FRESHPERSONS, WELCOME TO DEBT! by Barbara Ehrenreich
Skyrocketing university fees teach the most lasting lesson of all.
UN SET TO ADOPT NATIVE RIGHTS DECLARATION by Sue Bailey
Critics slam Canada for voting against Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
SHOCK ECONOMICS by Naomi Klein
9/11 gave the Bush administration an excuse to privatize everything.
NYC CHARGES SHELTER RESIDENTS RENT by Graham Rayman
Mayor Bloomberg's officials ask homeless people to pay up to 30 percent of their income.
Take action!
URGE UN TO ADOPT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DECLARATION from Amnesty International
Urge Harper to drop objections, stop lobbying against Declaration.
Feedback from our readers
STV (SINGLE TRANSFER VOTE) BETTER THAN FIRST-PAST-THE-POST by Antony Hodgson
What really matters is the quality of representation.
Humour
LABELED FOOD from the Internet
Misinterpretation leads to foul dinner.
