Posted: December 10, 2008

IF I HAD FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Money given to banks for bailout could feed developing nations and stop climate change.
 

POST-COALITION BUYER'S REMORSE by Marc Zwelling
  Polls show voters cool to the idea of a government headed by departing Liberal leader.
 
 

FARMERS CELEBRATE VICTORY IN WHEAT BOARD ELECTIONS from the National Farmers Union
  National Farmers Union pleased, relieved, by election results.

MILLIONS OF BIRDS AT RISK FROM TAR SANDS: REPORT by Scott Harris
  Boreal forest disruption, fragmentation may mean loss of up to 166 million birds.

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Editorial

PROROGUING TOOK PROGRESSIVES FROM HOPE TO DESPAIR by Ish Theilheimer
  Making Michael Ignatieff Liberal leader will kill coalition spirit.
 

BUSH QUIETLY PASSES DOZENS OF NEW RULES by Stephen Leahy
  Lame duck president opens protected areas to drilling, guts Clean Air Act, as he leaves.
 

MeanToons
SIGN OF THE TIMES by John Meaney
  Parliamentary language enters seasonal talk.

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Canadian Politics

HARPER, DION LEFT WITH TATTERED CREDIBILITY by Geoffrey Stevens
  Dion, the lame duck, is now a dead duck.
 

BIPARTISAN OUTRAGE IN THE WEST by Gillian Steward
  Westerners made spitting mad by threat that coalition could topple government.
 
 

ALL PARTIES GOT IT WRONG by Bill Tieleman
  Canadians do not want to be governed by Dion, especially not in alliance with the BQ.
 
 

OPINIONS SECTIONS NEED MORE FEMALE VOICES by Elsie Hambrook
  Women's by-lines underrepresented in New Brunswick newspapers.
 

AFTER THE FAILED COUP by Anthony Westell
  The Prime Minister is in position (and disposition) to strike back.
 
 

PROROGATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES by Denis Smith
  Voters will remember that Harper bent the law to his own purposes.
 
 

Workplaces
WAL-MART IN WEYBURN CERTIFIED AS UFCW CANADA UNIONIZED STORE from the United Food and Commercial Workers union
  Saskatchewan store wins certification after years of wrangling.

THE WORLD OF LABOUR by Harry Kelber
  Short clips from around the globe: Iraq, Germany, Japan, Korea, Hungary, Israel.
 
 

Consumers
GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES NOT REALLY BARGAINS by Elisabeth Leamy and Vanessa Weber
  Know your prices in advance, and don't be afraid to peel off tags to check prices underneath.

ONE IN THREE CHILDREN'S TOYS HAS SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS from HealthyToys.org
  www.HealthyToys.org report finds toys contaminated with lead, flame-retardants and arsenic.

Media files
GLOBE MOVES BOOKS SECTION ONLINE from the Globe and Mail
  Discrete books section to disappear from weekend Globe & Mail.

PICK OF THE WEEK

GREEN GIFTS FOR THIS HOLIDAY Creating green jobs might save the economy as well as the environment but throwing good money into unnecessary stuff (or worse, going into debt for it) sure won't. Strengthen your resolve to find meaningful green gifts this holiday season by watching Annie Leonard's 20-minute video about The Story of Stuff.   www.storyofstuff.com

Hot headlines
HAVING A VOICE MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY by Frances Moore Lappé
  People who feel effective feel better than people who just have lots of stuff.
 

THE DEATH OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION by Alexander Zaitchik
  NRA-endorsed candidates lost 80 percent of their races against gun-control candidates.
 

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SIGN NUPGE'S FIVE-POINT ECONOMIC PLAN from the National Union of Public and General Employees
  Let your MP and Premier know your economic priorities.

Feedback from our readers
PINK CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR HARPER by Neil Gardner
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Humour
AVOID THE DOG HOUSE THIS CHRISTMAS... from the Internet
  And help get us out, too!