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Canadian Union of Public Employees
October 31
CUPE's Hospital Employees Union calls it "the most brazen attack yet ... to undermine Medicare." BC's Liberals have quietly hatched a plan for a hospital to replace Abbotsford's ageing MSA General. T |
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CAW
October 31
Uncertainty since September 11 is squeezing an already-tight economy. Tens of thousands of Canadians are staring at pink slips. And Canada's largest private-sector union says only emergency measures |
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MAW letter to the PM
October 30
If Afghanistan's Taliban regime falls ... then what? The Northern Alliance is no human rights star. Same goes for other factions proffered as successor candidates. In a letter to the Prime Minister, |
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Amnesty International
October 29
Civilians are dying in the U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan. Impartial observers can't get close enough to verify numbers. But scattered reports from UN officials, NGOs and fleeing refugees raise conc |
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Alternatives
October 29
It's become a Western truism that Afghanistan's Taliban regime is a bad apple. Afghan women suffer an inhuman legal position. We've seen little effort to rebuild war-ravaged infrastructure - but much |
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CUPW Bulletin
October 25
Anthrax anxiety is mounting. Like the September 11 attacks, the spore-forming bacterium transforms a trusted service — regular mail this time — into a lethal weapon. Exposures have barely t |
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in cahoots
October 24
When British Columbia banned smoking from workplaces in 1998, it excluded smoke-choked hospitality businesses. A total ban was set to start September 10. But on the eve of its implementation, the BC |
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Amnesty International
October 23
Without being charged, two men are held in solitary confinement in a New York jail. They're reportedly denied exercise, shackled when they're outside their cold cells, and subjected to strip searches |
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in cahoots
October 23
The September Eleventh Peace Coalition is calling on groups across Canada to join a national day of non-violent action “for global peace and justice” on November 17. On that same day, Ottaw |
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IFAW Press Release
October 22
It's a reality eclipsed by the enormity of human suffering. But what about all the pets injured or lost in Manhattan on September 11? Shut out until recently, animal protection groups are finally on |
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OSSTF Press Release
October 22
How hard has education been hit in Ontario? Teachers are shaking their heads after the Bluewater District School Board asked schools to help out with fundraising. "While public school students sell c |
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Common Front on the WTO
October 19
When world leaders huddle in Qatar this November at the WTO Ministerial Conference, they could spawn a new round of negotiations to liberalize trade. And once again, the Common Front on the WTO will |
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October 18
In British Columbia's first-ever province-wide strike vote, 91.4 per cent of teachers have said "yes." That doesn't mean a strike is inevitable. It does mean the teachers have given themselves a new |
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Council of Canadians press release
October 18
Parliament yesterday killed legislation to enforce labelling for all genetically engineered (GE) foods. The large-scale farming industry favours GE products, but their environmental and health effect |
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Citizens for Public Justice: <I>Catalyst</I> article
October 18
"Canada is a wonderful country. Our international image of being compassionate and humanitarian is well known. For a couple of years we even made it to the top of the United Nations' list of the best |
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Amnesty International
October 17
Since the 1980s, many countries have funnelled weapons and expertise to factions within Afghanistan. That flow is growing with the American campaign against the ruling Taliban. Pakistani and Saudi so |
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CUPW Bulletin
October 15
Canada's Post's courier service is changing. According to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), postal outlets were to begin offering Purolator's service as early as last week. The repositioni |
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October 11
Without tax and spending cuts, BC's budget may have been balanced this year. But shortly after taking office, BC's Liberals consummated an election promise - delivering thundering tax cuts of $2.1 bi |
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Public Service Alliance of Canada response
October 9
An exhibit featuring thirty Arab-Canadian artists was set to debut this month at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. After the September 11 attacks, however, the Museum postponed the exhibit - indef |
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press release
October 9
Thirty high-profile groups have formed a national coalition to oppose Canada's participation in military retaliation and to confront racism festering since the September 11 terrorist strikes on the U |
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October 5
Today is World Teachers' Day. It's also the last working day before British Columbia's teachers vote on whether to strike. It will be the first province-wide strike vote on a bargaining dispute in th |
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October 4
Thousands died when hijacked jetliners levelled the World Trade Center and punched holes in the Pentagon - and the airline industry. Now thousands of Air Canada workers are about to lose their jobs. |
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October 4
Dr. Sunera Thobani has faced storming derision since addressing a Women's Resistance conference on Monday in Ottawa. Opposing militaristic responses to the September 11 crisis, Dr. Thobani denounced |
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what's up listing
October 3
World leaders will huddle in Qatar this November 9-13 for the first World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference since the 1999 Seattle flop. Once again, this meeting could spawn a new round of ne |
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October 2
Four more Canadian groups became <i>in cahoots</i> partners this September. By contributing to <i>rabble</i>, they help to sustain this rabble-rousing online magazine. We'd like you to meet them. |
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Sierra Club of Canada press release
October 2
After a hearing tomorrow, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission may permit Ontario Power Generation to restart four reactors at the Pickering "A" station near Toronto. The plant closed in December 1 |
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what's up listing
September 28
Disheartening numbers of women live within cycles of victimization and criminalization. Victims of violence can be re-victimized by a criminal justice system that's mandated to protect them. And crim |
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September 27
By signing the 1988 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Canada pledged action to protect specific rights that every child should enjoy. Sadly, since then, child poverty has risen by 40 per cent |
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IFAW Website
September 27
It's a reality eclipsed by the enormity of human suffering. But what about all the pets lost in the evacuated sections of Manhattan since September 11? The area is a crime scene, so animal protection |
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NPI Newsletter #2
September 26
There's new energy building on Canada's Left, but it's mostly happening outside the New Democratic Party. So the party's renewal committee recently affirmed that <i>outreach</i> is the key to rebuild |
