Posted: March 10, 2010

ONTARIO CONDEMNS DISSENT AT UNIVERSITIES by Linda McQuaig
  Legislature wrong to condemn "Israeli Apartheid Week" on campuses.
 

AUSTERITY IS WRONG MOVE by Mel Watkins
  Harperite budget can only prolong the recession.
 
 

UN CLIMATE CHIEF QUITS by Stephen Leahy
  Widely liked and seen as fair, Yvo de Boer will be hard to replace.
 
 

BUDGET SNUBS OLDER CANADIANS from the Canadian Association of Retired People
  And they might return the favour.
 
 

FRAME IT TO CLAIM IT... George Lakoff explains how to put your own brand on political issues, at Straight Goods's new symposium Persuading to Win 3, in Ottawa, on June 4 and 5. Other outstanding speakers include Elaine Bernard, Rob Cottingham, Sean Moffitt, Marc Zwelling, Steven Staples, Anne McGrath, and about 50 of Canada's top progressive communicators and strategists. Hope you can join us...! ... More Details

Editorial
"STAY-THE-COURSE" BUDGET TILTS CANADA RIGHTWARD by Ish Theilheimer
  Harper continues campaign to permanently disable government.
 

Gordon's corner


FIX THAT ANTHEM by Charles Gordon
  You dost not abandon changing O Canada.
 
 

Science matters
CANADA — WHERE THE GREAT WILD THINGS ARE by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  But where grizzly bears are concerned, the question is, for how long?
 

MeanToons
BROADCAST MASHUP
  These production numbers all start to look the same after a while.

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Canadian Politics

GOING FOR BRONZE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harperites aim low with Throne speech and budget.
 
 

NB STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT by Elsie Hambrook
  Not all issues advance at the same rate.
 
 

POOR, DISABLED AT TOP OF BC LIBS' HIT LIST by Bill Tieleman
  BC budget slashes social assistance to save $25 million over two years.
 
 

WOMEN BACKSLIDING IN ALBERTA by Shannon Phillips
  We still have a long way to go, baby.
 
 

USA watch
"PATRIOT" GROUPS, MILITIAS SURGE IN NUMBER IN PAST YEAR from the Southern Poverty Law Centre
  Racist hate groups surged by 55 percent over the past decade, up to 932 in 2009.

Workplaces
THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY CONTINUES from the Public Service Alliance of Canada
  Unions still in the forefront, on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day.

CRIMINAL CHARGES LAID IN WORKPLACE FATALITY from the Ontario Federation of Labour
  OFL president Sid Ryan warns employers: Kill a worker, go to jail.
 

Consumers

CONCERNS ABOUT "CLOUD" COMPUTING from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  Privacy Commissioner launches public consultations on relevant privacy issues.
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

GETCHER RED HOT NEWS ABOUT WOMEN HERE "Only 22 percent of the voices you read and hear in the news today are women's," according to the InterPress News Service. Oh, there is the independent WomenseNews.org, which focuses mostly on the USA. And now there's the IPS' GenderWire news service, which celebrated its first birthday on IWD.   ipsnews.net/genderwire

Hot headlines

ODDS FAVOUR THE TALIBAN by Gwynne Dyer
  Guerrillas have tended to win, in most post-imperial guerilla wars.
 

UK ARMY LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO AFGHAN SPENDING by Johnathan Owen
  Rampant corruption means millions missing from aid funds.

Take action!
SUPPORT A LIVING WAGE FOR GARMENT WORKERS from Cleanclothes.org
  A nutritious meal should not be a luxury.

Feedback from our readers
CLAWBACK TAX CUTS by Gerry Masuda
  We the People should set government spending priorities.

Humour
UP IN THE AIR from the Internet
  Or maybe just up in the world?