Posted: March 12, 2008

MPS TO VOTE ON EXTENDING MISSION OF TORTURE by Linda McQuaig
  Liberals and Harperites focus on good intentions, not interrogation practices.
 

THE SAGA OF CONRAD BLACK by Geoffrey Stevens
  No serial killer ever received such minute media attention about the hardships of prison.
 
 

TB IS BACK, WITH A VENGEANCE by Damian Piper
  Multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis on the rise in former Soviet Union states.
 
 

NAFTA DOES PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT (SORT OF) by Albert Koehl and Randy Christensen
  Weak environmental protections in NAFTA side deal not enforceable.
 

MeanToons
AN EXPERT'S OPINION by John Meaney
  Diagnosing why the Opposition leader does not stand up to the Harperites.

www.meantoons.com

Editorial

KVELLING OVER PUBLIC VALUES by Ish Theilheimer
  Theory X – the greedy view of the world – is promoted relentlessly. Let's try Theory Y.
 

Gordon's corner

HARPERITES STUB THEIR TOE ON HERITAGE BILL by Charles Gordon
  Withholding tax credits feels enough like censorship to make people protest.
 

Science matters
THE INTERCONNECTED BIOSPHERE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Everything we do affects this thin layer of earth and atmosphere that sustains life.
 

Canadian Politics

HALF THE VOTE BUT ONLY 20 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS by Larry Gordon
  First-Past-the-Post system misrepresents Alberta voters.
 
 

OBAMA AND CLINTON HAVE A POINT by James Laxer
  Let's take a hard look at NAFTA.
 
 

THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT WOMEN by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Some updated facts and stats offer a more complete picture.
 
 

THE INVISIBLE BY-ELECTION by Bill Tieleman
  Vancouver Quadra by-election — lots of candidates to vote against.
 
 

SIZING UP JOHN TORY from Inside Queen's Park
  Technical glitches at the convention probably cost him points in the leadership review.
 

Workplaces

SMALL STUDY LINKS WORKPLACE INJURY WITH POVERTY by Karli Brotchie and Becky Casey
  Disabled workers scramble for resources, security.
 

Consumers
RETAIL ADS TOP COMPLAINTS TO COUNCIL from the Advertising Standards Council
  ASC received 1,445 complaints about 980 advertisements.

Media files
ADBUSTERS LOSES COURT BATTLE FOR AIRTIME from Adbusters
  CBC, CanWest, Global refused to sell commercial time for Buy Nothing Day.

CANADIAN PUBLISHERS URGE SENATE TO STOP BILL C-10 from the Association of Canadian Publishers
  McVety previously tried to stop publication of a book about healthy sexuality.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

TOWARDS A FUTURE OF RENEWABLES Canada-wide network works for sustainability. From the website: "Climate Action Network Canada (CAN Canada) is composed of member organizations committed to preventing dangerous levels of human interference with the global climate system, protecting environmental sustainability and public health, while upholding principles of just transition, equity and social justice." Click to the international site to vote for Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach as a 2008 Fossil Fool.   www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/

Hot headlines

ARCHETYPAL CONSERVATIVE DIES by David Michael Green
  Let's pay tribute to the spectacular wrongness of William F Buckley.
 

DOCUMENTARY WINS OSCAR, LOSES AIRTIME by Amy Goodman
  Discovery Channel declines to broadcast "Taxi to the Dark Side".
 
 

MY TRIP TO OIL SANDS LAND by Tom King
  In which a humorous writer takes an adventure in Canada's newest theme park.

CREDIT CRISIS STILL DEEPENING by Edmund L Andrews
  Sharp drop in jobs adds to grim picture of US economy.

Take action!
BRING OMAR KHADR TO JUSTICE from Amnesty International
  Bring him back from Guantánamo to Canada.

Feedback from our readers
JAMIE SWIFT IS RIGHT ON by Lorna Diggle
  We have to expose the war in Afghanistan for the fraud it is.

Humour
MARITAL BLISS CAN BE YOURS AT ANY AGE... from the Internet
  ... Even for golfers.