Posted: May 28, 2008

SOIL POWER by Stephen Leahy
  "Literally, this is energy from dirt."
 
 

YOU ARE WHAT CORPORATIONS PERSUADE YOU TO EAT from Corporate Responsibility International (formerly INFACT)
  NGOs urge World Health Assembly to challenge corporate role in preventable disease.

CANADA'S FOREIGN MINISTER BELONGS AT ARCTIC SUMMIT by Michael Byers
  Diplomacy and international law are not the job of a natural resources minister.
 

PRESTON MANNING'S RED HERRING by John Baglow
  Complaints about Manitoba's proposed election spending limits seem disingenuous.
 
 

MeanToons
SOMETHING IS MISSING by John Meaney
  Leadership can be lonely at the best of times.

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Editorial

GONE PITCHING by Ish Theilheimer
  Our publisher is talking with sponsors.
 
 

Editorial


HIGH OIL PRICES ARE GOOD FOR YOU by Penney Kome
  Fuel costs are already causing changes in the consumer society.
 
 

Gordon's corner

GAS PAINS AND FOOD SHORTAGES by Charles Gordon
  North Americans complain about the price at the pump while people starve in the Global South.
 

Faith speaks

NINE REASONS TO OPPOSE THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN by Rev Fred Cappuccino
  Canadians should call on the federal government to withdraw from the conflict zone.
 

Science matters

POLAR BEARS WALKING ON THIN ICE by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Canada has yet to declare polar bears endangered.
 

MEL HURTIG STILL CAMPAIGNING by Scott Harris
  Get madder than Mel and say, "I'm not going to take it anymore."

Canadian Politics

HARPER INVOKES LIBEL CHILL by Geoffrey Stevens
  Lawsuit threat attempts to override Parliamentary immunity.
 
 

BOOMING ALBERTA WORRIES ABOUT OTTAWA by Gillian Steward
  Memories of National Energy Program haunt oil-rich province.
 
 

BILL 42 AN INSULT TO FREE SPEECH by Bill Tieleman
  Bill would ban third-party advertising for five full months before an election.
 
 

DOCTOR BARRED IN ONE PROVINCE CAN PRACTICE IN ANOTHER by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  Lack of national standards or co-ordination puts patients at risk.
 
 

DALTON MCGUINTY DEALS WITH CAUCUS UNREST by Inside Queen's Park
  Talking about being "hurt" is the wrong way to rally the troops.
 

BURNING GAS INSTEAD OF COAL by Ivona Vujica
  Ontario communities reject smokestacks and transmission lines, and call for green energy.
 
 

Workplaces
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR FARM WORKERS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT from NUPGE
  Appeal arguments heard last week in case before the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Media files
PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE AN UNARGUABLE SOCIAL GOOD from CUPE
  Respect for copyright is a social good too.

FREE BOOK, DONATION REQUESTED by John Degen
  Top blogger on copyright gives away pdf copies of his novel to see how many will make free-will donations.

Hot headlines

PAKISTAN: POLITICIANS, JUDGES AND A GENERAL by Gwynne Dyer
  Shattered coalition means major political crisis in key USA ally.
 

THE FALL OF CONSERVATISM by George Packer
  Have the Republicans run out of ideas?

Take action!
DEMAND AN END TO CLUSTER BOMBS from Avaaz.org
  This week will determine the details of the treaty.

Feedback from our readers
WHAT JEREMIAH WRIGHT REALLY SAID — AND WHY by Robert Wright
  History actually bears out some of Wright's suspicions.

Humour
WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO from the Internet
  You can always try Ralph's challenge.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

LOOK WHO IS SUPPORTING THE FIRST NATIONS DAY OF ACTION "The National Day of Action is an invitation to all Canadians to join the Assembly of First Nations in putting forth a strong, clear call of action to address social, economic and justice issues and to help strengthen our future together," says the news release on the Nationtalk website, issued by: "Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the Mining Association of Canada and the Forest Products Association of Canada [who] proudly express support for the Assembly of First Nations' National Day of Action this Thursday May 29, 2008." The website is full of other interesting and unexpected news too. Worth a bookmark, in our opinion.   www.nationtalk.ca