Posted: June 04, 2008

REOPEN NAFTA, RECLAIM OUR OIL by Linda McQuaig
  Canada will need tough negotiators to gain parity in trade agreement.
 
 

CLIMATE CHANGE CASTS MARINE SCIENCE ADRIFT by Stephen Leahy
  Ocean science lags far behind atmospheric research, mostly due to lack of funding, warn researchers.
 

AFGHANISTAN AWARDS CHINA CONTRACT TO MINE HUGE COPPER FIELD by Ron Synovitz
  $3.5 billion contract includes coal-fired power plant and freight railroad.

Editorial

JUST SAY NO TO HARPER'S WAR ON DRUGS by Ish Theilheimer
  And get with it, labour movement, working families are online.
 
 

STRAIGHTGOODS.CA THROWS A PARTY IN OTTAWA by Harris MacLeod
  Ottawa event celebrates SG, highlights independent journalism.

Gordon's corner


HARPER GOVERNMENT LOSES RESPECT by Charles Gordon
  Bernier unfrocking, Italian non-deal, undercut credibility.
 
 

Science matters
RIDE A BIKE AND SAVE THE WORLD by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Bicycles might be the most efficient form of transportation yet invented.
 

MeanToons
AH, MEN! by John Meaney
  Ask an obvious question, you'll get an obvious answer.

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Canadian Politics
HARPER'S UNCANNY KNACK FOR MISJUDGING ISSUES by Geoffrey Stevens
  Despite the PM's hopes, the most damaging issues have not gone away by themselves.
 

FIRST NATIONS — LANGUAGE, CULTURE — ARE WOMEN'S ISSUES by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
  About half of the 50 indigenous languages in Canada are endangered or close to extinction.
 

BILL 1 UNCONSTITUTIONAL, SAYS TRADE EXPERT by Scott Harris
  Alberta and BC's Trade, Investment and Mobility Agreement (TILMA) could be challenged in court even before it becomes law.

ONTARIO POVERTY QUEST by Maggie Hughes
  Round tables and hearings structured on the business model will never reveal the parameters of poverty.

BILL 42 MUST BE STOPPED by Bill Tieleman
  Bill would sharply restrict third-party ads for five months before election campaigns.

Workplaces
UNIONS MORE THAN EVER, GEORGETTI SAYS from the Canadian Labour Congress
  President of the Canadian Labour Congress calls for more unionization.

Consumers
BILLBOARDS THAT LOOK BACK by Stephanie Clifford
  Outdoor signs tailor their ads to whoever is looking at them.

Media files
PROTECT NEUTRALITY OR CORPORATIONS WILL CONTROL THE INTERNET from the National Union of Public and General Employees
  James Clancy sounds a warning at Parliament Hill rally to protect the Internet for all Canadians.

CANADA'S FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY by Kevin McArthur
  Bell Canada's "throttling" video streams draws attention to high-handed anti-competition tactics.
 
 
 

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Hot headlines
THE BUYING OF THE PRESIDENT 2008 by Sara Fritz
  Unregulated third-party campaign ads likely to have serious influence on presidential election.

GOD'S WRATH, AND THE TORIES' by Murray Dobbin
  Harper's zeal for retribution seems religious.
 
 

Take action!
MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS THE LEGACY from Amnesty International
  Call on China to keep its promise and improve human rights in China.

Feedback from our readers
READERS SAYS, "THANKS!" by Shelley in Saskatoon
  Fan mail that leaves SG staff blushing.

Humour
ON THE WAY TO LUNCH…. from the Internet
  Best friends take a drive.