Posted: March 05, 2008

WHY THE MAJOR DIED by Jamie Swift
  Harperites waging a war against peacekeeping.
 
 

RACISM INVOLVES PRIVILEGE AS WELL AS DISADVANTAGE by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Canada's understated forms of discrimination too often taken for granted.
 

AFRICENTRIC SCHOOLS: A SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS by Howard Hampton
  Toronto's School Board should heed worried parents' call for a new alternative school.
 

EMISSIONS FOR THE POOR, SUBSIDIES FOR THE RICH by Albert Koehl
  Latest budget continues the Harperite pattern of tax breaks for large-scale Green House Gas emitters.
 

MeanToons
HARPER SLAPPS^* DION by John Meaney
  PM threatens to sue Liberals for defamation over Cadman allegations.
  * SLAPP = Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

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Editorial

AVERTING A BIOFUEL FOOD CRISIS by Ish Theilheimer
  And Cadman absurdities provide fleeting satisfaction.
 

Gordon's corner


BUDGET DAY EXCITEMENT by Charles Gordon
  Trading players more newsworthy than dull budget.
 
 

Science matters
FIXING THE WORLD'S BROKEN THERMOSTAT by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Most of the technologies needed to usher in a clean and sustainable future are already available.
 

Health scope
WHEN PUBLIC RELATIONS TRUMP PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY from the Ontario Health Coalition
  The evolution of cost overruns, service cuts and cover-up in the Brampton Hospital P3.
 

Canadian Politics

THE CADMAN AFFAIR by Geoffrey Stevens
  Questions abound, about how much Harper knew and what incentives he authorized.
 

ELECTION DELICIOUSLY POLITICAL, FOR ONCE by Gillian Steward
  For a moment, role reversal seemed to signal a new era in Alberta politics.
 

CARBON TAX PROMPTS RURAL BACKLASH by Bill Tieleman
  Former Unity Party leader Chris Delaney blasts carbon tax, BC Liberals policies on BC Hydro, forestry, Basi-Virk case and more.
 
 

Workplaces
CLC LAUNCHES WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EQUALITY CAMPAIGN from the Canadian Labour Congress
  Year-long campaign includes local teach-ins across Canada.

JUSTICE 4 JANITORS OBJECTS TO CCWU ACTIONS by Sharleen Stewart
  The CAW has publicly admitted to funding the CCWU.

Media files
COURT ORDERS REPORTER TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS from the Canadian Association of Journalists
  Ruling a major setback for public's right to know, CAJ says.

Consumer beat
NEW CAMPAIGN OPPOSES GMO SUGAR BEETS from the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility
  Interfaith campaign aims to block April 2008 planting of beets to be used in prepared foods.

World beat


GOOD MORNING, HAMAS by Uri Avnery
  How the Israel government nurtured its own worst nightmare.
 
 

Gaia beat

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE by Stephen Leahy
  New online resource puts life under the macroscope.
 
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

COOLWOMEN BECOMES SECTION15.CA Canada's virtual Women's Museum re-launches. Canada's longrunning museum of women and women's achievements still offers biographies and other reference materials, as well as a fresh look and fresh topical commentary on current events. (BTW, Section 15 is the Equality Rights section of the Charter of Rights.)   www.section15.ca

Hot headlines
LONGEST WALK II EMBARKS WITH PRAYERS by Shadi Rahimi
  First Nations activists set out to walk from San Francisco to Washington DC.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE MIDDLE EAST CONNECTION by Gwynne Dyer
  Time to figure out what will happen in Iraq after the US pulls out its troops.
 

QUÉBEC CITY PAPER LOCKOUT SETS RECORD from the CBC News
  Quebecor has refused to return to the bargaining table.

SURVEY FINDS POVERTY AMONG INJURED WORKERS by Sarah Elizabeth Brown
  Three-quarters are chronically unemployed.

Take action!
URGE THE FEDS TO DIVEST FROM BURMA from Canadian Friends of Burma
  Canada Pension Plan, university endowments, helping to prop up despotic regime.

Feedback from our readers
HOW TO VOTE NO by Hanns Skoutajan
  The solution to the perpetual election dilemma: vote against rather than for a party.

Humour
PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE HOLY MOTHER from the Internet
  Ask, and ye shall receive an answer.