Posted: March 19, 2008

CARBON TAX A USER FEE ON WORKING FAMILIES by Ross Sutherland
  Our priority has to be policies that work and can be supported by most of the population.
 
 

EMISSIONS SOLUTIONS START AT HOME by Stephen Leahy
  North America's buildings are responsible for 35 percent of the continent's emissions.
 
 

HEADS UP FOR WORLD WATER DAY by Ben Saifer and Dr Bob Dickson
  Public sanitation essential first step to providing clean water.
 
 

THE REAL STORY BEHIND PATHETIC VOTER TURNOUT by Ricardo Acuña
  The far right has succeeded in convincing a majority of Albertans that government is irrelevant.
 

CounterThink
OWNERSHIP REDUX by Mike Adams
  Massive corporations claiming smaller and smaller spaces.

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Editorial
DONALD MACDONALD, THE HAPPY WARRIOR, LEFT A LEGACY OF INSPIRATION by Ish Theilheimer
  In the Legislature from 1955 to 1982, he was "the best premier Ontario never had."
 

Gordon's corner


MORE PARTISANSHIP, PLEASE by Charles Gordon
  Liberal party should put its money where its mouth is.
 
 

Science matters
FAST-FORWARDING THROUGH THE HYPER-REAL by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Maybe we need to slow down and figure out what's really important.
 

Canadian Politics

HARPER'S ONE-MAN RULE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Experienced observers warn that PM's style undermines support for Conservatives.
 
 

NEW PENALTIES FOR DEFAULTING ON CHILD SUPPORT by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Some 18 percent of payments were not collected in 2006-2007.
 
 

DOBELL SEEMS ABOVE THE RULES by Bill Tieleman
  Stayed on government payroll and failed to register as lobbyist.
 
 

"TOUGH" OILSANDS RULES PANNED BY SIERRA CLUB by Jeremy Klaszus
  So-called "crackdown" actually gives industry four years of unlimited development.
 

Workplaces

BORDER GUARDS PROTECTED by Harry Kelber
  Homeland Security's 160,000 workers retain right to collective bargaining.
 

PSAC TO APPEAL FEDERAL COURT PAY EQUITY DECISION from the Public Service Alliance of Canada
  After 25 years, case has worked its way up to Federal Court of Appeal.

Consumers
CHECK THE LABELS ON "NATURAL" TOILETRIES from the Environmental Working Group
  Almost half of all 'natural' personal care products contain known carcinogen.

Media files
NEW MEDIA STILL NOT MAKING MONEY by the Project for Excellence in Journalism
  Nor are new media in US democratizing the news.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

STRAIGHT FROM THE LAMA'S MOUTH Follow Tibet's struggle from close up. Started in 1999 with one member, The People's Movement for an Independent Tibet now has more than 3,900 members in India as well as 19 regional chapters and six international chapters. The organization is in constant contact with the Dalai Lama and features his announcements as they appear.   www.friendsoftibet.org

Hot headlines

OUR LEGACY OF SHAME IN HAITI by Claude Adams
  Island is worse off without Aristide, and Canada shares blame.
 
 

PROBLEMS WITH FETAL HOMICIDE by Antonia Zerbisias
  Bill to protect 'the unborn' is the wrong approach.
 
 

THE UNRAVELING OF BEAR STEARNS by Sam Zuckerman
  Collapse of Wall Street giant signals whole economy in peril.
 
 

PAKISTAN: A CHANCE TO GROW UP by Gwynne Dyer
  Musharraf's days in office are numbered.
 
 

WHY IRAQ IS NOT THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN THE 2008 US ELECTION from a speech by Noam Chomsky
  Democrats are still debating over tactics for how to get out.
 
 

Take action!

SIGN PETITION FOR DR HENRY MORGENTALER from the National Abortion Federation
  Support bid to give Morgentaler the Order of Canada.
 
 

Feedback from our readers
HEMP WOULD MAKE GREAT BIOFUEL by Robbie Anderman
  Conservation and efficiency matter at least as much as alternative fuels.

Humour
THE AFTERLIFE from the Internet
  "The true story."