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Amnesty International
March 8
Eren Keskin picked up her phone one day and heard a voice say, "We are measuring your coffin." She's one of many human rights defenders who rely on groups like Amnesty International to protect their |
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CAW
March 8
Big losses, big bankruptcies: last year was deadly for Canada's airline industry. Thankfully, hope glimmers on the horizon as post-9/11 passenger traffic recovers. But Buzz Hargrove worries that the |
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
March 8
Canada's largest union is nominating the federal government for a Code of Silence Award for its role in maintaining the secrecy of NAFTA Chapter 11 tribunals. The prize, to be awarded by the Canadian |
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
March 8
Leaked government briefs reveal that British Columbia is eyeing massive health service privatization over the coming three years. Public sector unions are still investigating the briefs' reliability |
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She is Still Burning
March 8
Scientists say the colour of space is actually turquoise. On September 11, cut off from the news, an artist is suddenly compelled to paint a fiery orange sky. Reflecting on Bush's "axis of evil" spee |
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National Union of Public and General Employees
March 7
British Columbia may be planning massive health service privatization over the next three years, cutting up to 28,000 unionized workers, and delaying as many as 10,000 surgical procedures. Source: co |
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in cahoots
March 6
September 11: a moment, for some, when "evil" bored through borders believed impervious. That instant has spawned much rethinking of borders. What's inside? What's outside? What's at stake? |
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
March 5
Remember that classic 1980s TV ad: an older woman peers under the bun, expecting to see a big juicy burger ... but finds an emaciated patty. Her cry echoed out across North America: "Where's the beef |
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National Union of Public and General Employees
March 4
Today, the national debate on health care's future enters a critical phase. The Romanow Commission holds its first public consultation all day in Regina, where Canadian medicare was conceived. The 18 |
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March 4
Three more Canadian groups have become <i>in cahoots</i> partners in recent weeks. Their contributions help sustain this rabble-rousing online magazine. We'd like you to meet them. |
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Sierra Club of Canada
March 2
Weedy lawns don't cause cancer. Pesticides and weedkillers might. With spring approaching, some Canadian cities are pondering new restrictions on pesticides. Can there be an excuse for inaction? |
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Council of Canadians
March 1
We are programming public medicare to fail. That diagnosis comes today in a report from the Council of Canadians. Its healing prescription includes evolving the "doctor/hospital system" into a commun |
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
February 28
Public-private partnerships, we hear, promise a renewed future for public services. But "P3s" often prove less than productive. New case: Nova Scotia's Auditor General charges that structuring a new |
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Amnesty International
February 27
Several Canadian MPs have been "twinned" with counterparts in Zimbabwe's parliament. Members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change are suffering serious abuse in the run-up to Zimbabwe's M |
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
February 27
Canadians need reliable weather information — to plan work, to schedule travel, to gauge trends. That need grows as climate patterns morph in the crucible of global warming. Unfortunately, the f |
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Alternatives
February 26
Molotov cocktails and black-clad nouveaux terroristes — a bloody line of mayhem stretching back to Seattle-99 and heading right at us. It's the figure of activism made real on the pages and scre |
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
February 26
Customer service workers at Canada Post have voted to accept a new contact negotiated on January 23. Seven days earlier, they had shown their resolve by starting a series of rotating strikes. The 2,8 |
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working TV
February 25
Tens of thousands of British Columbians staged boisterous rallies throughout the province on Saturday. They chanted and marched against the government's campaign to transfigure the province through m |
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National Union of Public and General Employees
February 25
Will Saskatchewan's NDP government mime hard-right leaders in B.C., Alberta and Ontario? Facing flagging revenues, Finance Minister Eric Cline is poised to continue cutting taxes. Labour leaders say |
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Sierra Club of Canada
February 22
Environmental groups are challenging the Prime Minister to declare a free vote on the Species at Risk Act. This week, the government advanced amendments to roll back the most significant changes to t |
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International Fund for Animal Welfare
February 22
Canada's Supreme Court has re-affirmed the federal government's authority to ban the sale of newborn hooded seal pelts. The decision overturns a Newfoundland Court of Appeal ruling in favour of 101 s |
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B.C. Teachers' Federation
February 21
Following a decision to impose a contract on teachers, British Columbians are rejecting government claims about "putting students first." A new poll shows that just 26 per cent of residents believe P |
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Citizens for Public Justice
February 21
One in five Canadian children lives in poverty. That's a 50 per cent increase since 1989, when Parliament resolved to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. Canada's ecumenical community revives a |
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
February 20
British Columbia's government calls it "tough medicine" for the economy. Critics say it's a poison pill. Yesterday's provincial budget locks in mammoth tax and spending cuts that were announced earli |
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Amnesty International
February 20
The withdrawal of the European Union's election observers deepens concerns that human rights violations orchestrated by Zimbabwe's ruling party could escalate as the presidential vote draws near. |
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
February 19
Thumbing through Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act, John W. Warnock makes a startling discovery. Many of his ancestors, once considered social justice crusaders, were actually full-blown "terrorists." Warn |
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
February 19
They need special qualifications to work with blind, deaf and incarcerated students across Ontario. But 250-plus Provincial Schools Authority professionals remain Ontario's lowest-paid teachers — |
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
February 19
This month, 4,600 Parks Canada Agency workers may give their union a strike mandate. In negotiations that started last September, Parks has already offered raises on par with recent public service de |
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The Toronto Star
February 19
Have we witnessed the dismantling of a great nation? Is there anything left to save? Staring into the vortex of political leadership, Charles Pascal distils his dark question into a pop quiz for poli |
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Socialist Worker
February 19
Bye bye, Preston Manning. Fresh calls for a general strike in British Columbia. Perspectives on this month's WSF and WEF extravaganzas. Unmasking Canada's commandos in Afghanistan. This and more in i |
