Posted: November 05, 2008

"COMMON GOOD" REDISCOVERED by Linda McQuaig
  The new president is going to need a whole new set of policy tools.
 
 

OBAMA: AMERICA'S TRUDEAU by Anthony Westell
  The public has great expectations of a leader elected on his charisma.
 
 

MURRAY THOMSON SAYS NO TO MILITARISM by Dennis Gruending
  "Hiroshima made me a pacifist," he said, still spreading building peace 63 years later.
 

GRANNIES ROCK (RAISE OUR CHILDREN'S KIDS) by Maggie Hughes
  Ontario government cuts subsistence allowance for seniors raising children.
 

A GREEN LINING IN MARKET MELTDOWN by Stephen Leahy
  Investment in the green economy is likely to keep growing, even in a recession.
 
 

MeanToons
TOO MANY HALLOWEEN TREATS by John Meaney
  Time to shed the weight before the holiday season hits.

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Editorial

HUG A SEPARATIST by Ish Theilheimer
  Nationalist Quebeckers get too little credit for holding Canada together.
 

Science matters

OIL DISPLACES OVERLOOKED BAND by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Lubicon struggle shines light on regulatory failures in Canada's oil and gas industry.
 

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Canadian Politics

EQUAL TREATMENT IS NOT THE SAME AS EQUALITY by Elsie Hambrook
  Overlooking differences can be a form of discrimination.
 

DISABILITY SUPPORT "IN CRISIS" by Scott Harris
  Alberta support services underfunded, workers underpaid.

ROBERTSON'S THE ONE FOR MAYOR by Bill Tieleman
  Homelessness is the biggest issue Vancouver faces.
 
 

HARD TIMES IN ALBERTA HAVE LED TO CHANGE by Gillian Steward
  NDP MP in Edmonton, Liberal MLAs in Calgary — the Conservatives are losing their grip.
 

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Workplaces
THIS IS THE WRONG TIME FOR AN EXPENDITURE REVIEW by John Gordon
  PSAC president responds to recent speech by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
 

Consumers
WAL-MART APPLIES FOR BANK STATUS IN CANADA from PIAC
  Public Interest Advocacy Centre calls for public inquiry.

Media files
AWARD-WINNING WEEKLY CLOSES from the CBC and the CAJ
  Carleton Free Press lasts barely a year.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR TO GIVE UP PAPER VERSION by David Cook
  Century-old national newspaper to concentrate on Web presence.

PICK OF THE WEEK

FEAR OF VOTE TAMPERING AND VOTER SUPPRESSION After the catastrophic results of the 2000 election, and the questions that arose after the 2004 election, a great many Americans decided that they needed to mobilize and watch the polling places in 2008, for vote tampering and voter suppression. And you can bet the Internet played a huge role in those activities, especially the Election Protection wiki.   www.EPWiki.org

Hot headlines
A PSYCHOLOGIST HELPS REPACKAGE DEMOCRATS' MESSAGE by Shaila Dewan and Robbie Brown
  Dr Westen advises direct emotional appeals that can compete with those evoked by Republicans.

CELEBRATING STUDS TERKEL by Tula Connell
  Author, radio host, anthologist, won a Lifetime Achievement award from American Rights at Work.

UNWINNABLE AFGHANISTAN by Gwynne Dyer
  British general says foreign military could not deliver a "decisive military victory".
 
 

HOW TO REVERSE BUSH-ERA FOLLIES by Joseph Stiglitz
  Nobel-winning economist sets forth a clear, commonsense plan to regain America's economic sanity.
 
 

Take action!
PROTECT PUBLIC SCIENCE from Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
  Tell your MP to maintain strong publicly run food safety programs.

Feedback from our readers
CONSUMERS NEED PROTECTION FROM GOLIATHS by Thomas Lova-Vani
  Ish is right; Canada should have a Department of Consumer Affairs.

Humour
BANKS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC from the Internet
  Investor concerns now head East.