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National Day of Action Against War on Iraq – Sat.Nov.16.2002
   With one voice waking in the bracing cold Canadians protested against War on Iraq today.
- Full Report, Photos & Links by Gary Morton
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At localgovernment.ca
- Sgro Report: Cities Strike Out (no representatives from our cities) - Nov.2002
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CanadaElection.org Endorses Jack Layton for NDP Leadership - Oct 20.2002
   Toronto Councillor Jack Layton has always been there in person, working for social justice and the people of Toronto. He would do the same for the NDP and Canadians at a National level as leader of the NDP Party.

Photo of Jack Layton launching his campaign for NDP Leader.
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At the Globe/Star - Nov.6.2002
- New homeless data misleading, advocates say
- More than 14,000 Canadians call shelters home
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OCAP - National Give it or Guard it Housing Protests
(Toronto October 26th 2002)
- Photos & Report by Gary Morton
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Web Sites for Federal NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES - 2002

   Americans used to demand proof of a just war. But that was yesterday. Today Bush wants United Nations approval for a war of convenience. Knocking out Saddam would put Iraqi oil fields under American corporate control, put the squeeze on Iran, boost the US economy and rescue Bush’s sinking popularity.

   To frighten us Bush says Saddam is developing weapons of mass destruction. Yet he doesn’t actually have them, while nations like India, Pakistan and Israel do have them and threaten to use them. Scarier still is the fact that the USA has the largest supply of weapons of mass destruction, and will use them whenever it is convenient to do so.

Photos:
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protest info e-mail: dropthesanctions@hotmail.com
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At the Nation - Sept.2002
Ongoing - No Rush to War on Iraq page of articles.
- List of antiwar marches and protests coast to coast.
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At the Star - Sept.8.2002
- A resistance to the disease of thought
On historic day, (Sept 11th) U.S. turns away from eloquence By Lewis H. Lapham
- Taking stock of Bush's war on terror By William Walker
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A Straight Goods Bulletin - 6 September, 2002
- News tells tale of environmental crisis over fossil fuels - Suzanne Elston. If flooding, drought and smog won't open our eyes to global warming and climate change, what will?
http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature.cfm?REF=603
- Sellout of environment- Maude Barlowe. Globalization overshadows environmental agenda at Summit.
http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature.cfm?REF=605
- Partnerships at World Summit - Viviane Weitzner, The North-South Institute. Reflections on a 'new' buzzword.
http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature.cfm?REF=608
- NDP Leadership race question of the week: - Jean Chrétien was a master at baiting voters with strategic voting. How can the NDP avoid this trap?.
Straight Goods e-interviews the candidates - and four reply.
http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature.cfm?REF=610
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At the Globe - Sept.5.2002
- Senators want pot legalized
- Israel should ease Palestinians' plight, U.N. envoy says
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At NowToronto - Sept.5.2002
-  BUSH'S DOUBLE-DEALING
While Dubya preached democracy to sell his "war on terror," the U.S. was busy exporting a terror of its own
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At the Globe - Aug.28.2002
- Sovereignty at Risk - deal will allow U.S. soldiers to cross the border and operate on Canadian soil
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Earth Summit - Aug.26.2002
- Earth Summit opens with call for action
- Stun grenades halt anti-Earth Summit march
- Solar cookers causing stir at World Summit
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At The Nation - 2/9, 2002
- Who Owns Water? by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
- The Water Profiteers by Jim Hightower
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Jack Layton Runs for NDP Leadership - July.30.2002
   Progressive Toronto Councillor Jack Layton is off and running for the leadership of the Federal NDP. A few hundred people attended his community barbecue at Cecil Street on Tuesday.
Full Photo at
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At Corporate Media
June.6.2002
- Candid McDonough to quit as NDP leader
June.3.2002
- Chrétien fires Martin
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Ontario & Alberta the Worst at Forest Protection – May.2002
  The federal government earned top marks for protecting Canada's national parks, but all but two provinces received failing grades.
   Eleven of the provinces and territories have laws that fail to protect their parks, says the study by David Boydat the University of Victoria.
   Alberta and Ontario are the worst. They earned a grade of F minus, the worst grade possible. Logging takes place in 75 per cent of Ontario's Algonquin Park and Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park has been continuously violated by oil and gas exploration.
   Continuation of such destructive practices will strip down and degrade the ecological systems in the regions. Degradation of ecosystems means the loss of the top predators. Wolves and foxes are responsible for controlling the population of rodents and small animals like raccoons and skunks.
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At the Star - May.14.2002
- Liberals cling to 4 seats in votes
- Access to information in peril
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Toronto Marijuana March  – Grass Makes You Green – May.5.2002
- Read the Full Report with Photos
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At the National Post - May.5.2002
- Liberal sheep turn to lions as Chretien faces backbench unrest
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Peace Action Coalition Marches in Toronto - Sat Apr 27 2002
Digital Photos by Gary Morton

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   The 44 political action and citizens’ groups composing the Toronto Peace Action Coalition staged an action for global peace today. Themes of the rally and march were Canadian Troops Out of Afghanistan; End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine; No U.S. Nuclear Blackmail; No to U.S. intervention in Columbia; No New War on Iraq; End the Sanctions; Defend Civil Liberties; Stop the Racist Backlash, Another World is Possible!
   NDP MPP Peter Kormos, Hanadah Loubani of Palestine House and others addressed the crowd at Queen’s Park. They called for an end to the violent Israeli occupation and illegal settlement of the West Bank.
   A long march took the demonstrators around downtown Toronto through U of T to the Israeli Consulate and down to the US Consulate on University.
   The diversity of the groups and chants was obvious to residents as they watched the march pass. One reason for such a long public march may have been the refusal of the corporate media to report in any depth on peace protests and dissent. As rallies and marches on peace and poverty issues are ignored this spring, organizations continue to increase street visibility to make up for the lack of media exposure.
   It is not necessary for Canadians to die in Afghanistan, killed by reckless American bombers in a war that is not a war, so armchair bullies here can cheer for bloodshed and a Canadian combat role. Yet TPAC and the Independent Media are the only forces in society informing the public fully on these issues.
   Similar protests were held in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg.
Contact TPAC
Info: Paul 416-406-8645/978-8741
toanti_war@hotmail.com (Toronto Peace Action Coalition)
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Conflict Rages in the Middle East– Apr.12.2002
- Page of links, articles and latest updates.
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At the Guardian - April...18.2002
- Four Canadians killed in 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan
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HungerCount 2001: Food Bank Lines in Insecure Times Canada's Annual Survey of Emergency Food Programs
Report Available in English and French at: www.icomm.ca/cafb/hunger_count
Food Bank Facts 2001
 * 718,334 people in Canada received emergency groceries from a food bank during the month of March 2001 - a 90% increase in food bank use since March 1989
 * 632 food banks with 2,123 affiliated agencies operate in Canada
 * while Ontario and Quebec assisted the greatest number of people, Newfoundland  continued to show the highest rate of per capita food bank use at 5.4%
 * 41% of food bank recipients were children and estimates suggest that almost 60% of households accessing food banks were families with children
 * almost 65% of food bank recipients received social assistance, 12% were working poor and about 7% received disability support
 * most food banks provide a 3 to 4.5 day supply of groceries on a monthly basis
 * over 1.2 million hours of labour, including more than 800,000 volunteer hours, contributed to the operation of food banks in Canada during March 2001
 * since this study was conducted, economic conditions have worsened and food bank use has increased substantially with further intensification following September 11
 * through United Nations' international agreements, the Canadian Government has committed to ensure the right to food for all people of Canada – yet they have left the responsibility for fulfilling this human right to the volunteer sector
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Puppy Mills and PJ’s Pets Protested - Sat. April 6, 2002
    People from around Ontario gathered under the Freedom for Animals banner today to support animal rights and
 protest puppy mills and animal neglect.
- Read the full report with photos
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GreenPeace – April.2002
- Tell Jean Chretien to ratify the Kyoto Procotol on Climate Change  today!
http://www.greenpeace.ca/e/action/send_chretien/index.php
- Stop Japanese Whaling. Despite a ban on commercial whaling by the International Whaling Commission, Japanese whaling ships recently set sail with plans to kill 160 whales in the North Pacific. Please take a moment to email the Japanese embassy in your country and tell them to stop:
http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/ams/e?a=JapanWhaleAlert3&s=s03
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Palestinians Protest in Toronto– Sat.March.30.2002
(On Easter Sunday World moves toward WWIII)
- Full report and photo by Gary Morton
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e.NDP: News from Canada's New Democratic Party- March, 2002
www.ndp.ca
TOBIN TAX NOT ON CANADA'S AGENDA AT MONTERREY
   OTTAWA - New Democrat finance critic Lorne Nystrom has condemned Finance Minister Paul Martin's decision not to advocate an international tax on financial speculation at the international conference of financing development in Monterrey, Mexico, this week.
   "Billions of the world's people are living in poverty while a handful of money traders gamble with the futures of national economies," Mr. Nystrom said Thursday, noting that in March 1999 the Finance Minister and 130 Liberals voted in favor of a motion put forward by Mr. Nystrom calling on the federal government to pursue the concept of the Tobin Tax, an international tax on financial speculation.
   The tax on foreign currency transactions would be designed to deter currency speculation and the economic devastation it causes to national economies. It would be small enough that there would be no impact on legitimate long-term investment. The tens of billions raised from the tax would be used to fund international development assistance.
   Last week Mr. Nystrom paid tribute to James Tobin, the influential economists who first proposed the tax and who died March 12 at the age of 84.
   "James Tobin won the Nobel Prize in economics and belongs to that rare breed of economists who believed that economic policy must serve the common good,"
   Mr. Nystrom told the Commons. "Tobin will be remembered for his vision of a tax on international currency transactions, the Tobin Tax, which would have helped alleviate the devastating effects of financial speculation. Thanks to James Tobin, the world will eventually be a better place for all of us to live in."

YVON GODIN PROTESTS PERSECUTION OF JOBLESS
    OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Yvon Godin brought before the Commons last week the case of a constituent forced to repay more than $17,000 in employment insurance benefits after being accused of working under the table for her former employer.
   The accusation was based on the fact the unemployed worker, while in a coffee shop where she had previously worked, accepted a delivery on behalf of the owner. A Tax Court judge who ruled on the case recommended it be reviewed by Human Resources Canada.
   "Unemployed Canadians who have to rely on EI are being persecuted by the federal government," Mr. Godin told the Commons. "These are people who have contributed to EI for years, but the minute they need to draw on it, the government treats them with suspicion and contempt."
   He said his constituent's case was just one example of the inhumane treatment Human Resources metes out to its clients.
   "The federal Liberals waste valuable public resources chasing honest Canadians with groundless accusations of fraud," Mr. Godin said. "Instead of further victimizing those who have already suffered the loss of their jobs, the government should take a good look in the mirror and ask what kind of fraud it is to collect close to $7 billion a year from working people for EI premiums it never intends to pay out in benefits."
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Free Tibet in 2002 – Toronto Rally Notes and Photos (March.10.2002)
   Flurries sailed in icy winds. Gusts tore at the faces, flags and signs of protesters gathering at Queen’s Park. In the shifting sun and cloud it was so cold that Toronto felt like the peaks of Tibet.
- read the full report with photos
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Notes and Photos on INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY March 2002
Unite for Peace & Global Justice -  Organized by Women Working with Immigrant Women
- view the full report
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Canwest censors GM satire site – 13.Mar.2002
   Guerrilla Media (GM) today officially relaunched it's GlobalBS internet parody portal at <http://GlobalBS.8k.com>. The GlobalBS site has  previously been shut down twice by CanWest lawyers.
   "The online lampoon delivers timely, over-the-line satire which ridicules the self-interested follies of BC's elites," said GM spokesperson Ann Onymous. "Especially Gordo's Liberal junta and their CanWest cheerleaders."
   "Vancouver Sun President Dennis Skulsky and his lawyers have been working overtime to censor GM's skewering of the Sun's sycophantic coverage of the BC Liberals and their radical, scorched-earth agenda," Onymous explained.
   "In addition to calling in the RCMP to investigate the parody paper, CanWest have used legal threats to shut down two previous online addresses of GlobalBS."
   The current top story on GlobalBS website covers President Dennis W. Skulsky's "War on Satire," including secret intelligence reports that civilisation as we know it is threatened by shadowy satirists who possess "weapons of mass-amusement."
   Another recent article reveals BC Finance Minister Gary Collins' plan to turn BC into a Batista-esque Banana Republic.
   The site also contains the full content of GM's infamous February 21, 2002 Vancouver Sun satirical wrap that prompted Skulsky's aggressive campaign to "seek out the perpetrators... of the counterfeit newspaper... parodied in poor taste."
     Onymous promised that, despite Skulsky's big-bucks legal thuggery, the satire portal will continue to be updated weekly to "tweak the noses of  BC's rich and powerful."
   Visit the current GlobalBS site at <http://GlobalBS.8k.com> - and stay  tuned to <http://guerrillamedia.org> for legal developments and GlobalBS address updates.
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NDP LAUNCHES PLAN TO SAVE CANADA - March.4.2002
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Alexa McDonough has introduced in the House of Commons the NDP's 12 Point Plan to Save Canada that calls on the federal government to adopt a budgetary policy to promote Canadian sovereignty.
   "Across the country concerned citizens are fighting for a Canada that includes strong and properly funded public health care and education systems, a clean environment, fair taxes and fair trade," Ms. McDonough said. "A visionary federal government would take up the challenge of Canadians who are thirsting to rebuild a country based on citizens' principles rather than corporate profits."
   The NDP plan calls on the government to enact measures relating to the environment, Aboriginal peoples, democratic reform and social policy, among others. The NDP is also calling upon Canadians to express their views through the Party's web site where comments will be posted.
For more information: http://www.ndp.ca/savecanada.
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British Columbia Liberals Declare War on the Poor: Letter to UN - Feb.2002
- POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUBMISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ICESCR COMMITTEE
   Letter to the United Nations documents the attack on the poor by the BC Liberals. Single mothers and children are the biggest victims of these drastic social assistance cuts in British Columbia.
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GE piglets entered food chain in Canada -17 Feb 2002
   A GM pig ended up on the menu of a funeral banquet in the states while cloned calves entered the human food chain in Japan. Now material derived from 11 piglets genetically modified to develop a different kind of swine waste has been rendered into animal feed in Canada.
Here's some federal reassurance (not to say obfuscation)
Canada NewsWire
Attention News/Health Editors:
   Federal officials today announced joint action to control an inadvertent disposal of genetically modified animal material from a University of Guelph research facility
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/February2002/16/c2628.html
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Military Goods from Canada Aid Human Rights Violators
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) - February 12, 2002
   During the year 2000, the Canadian government allowed military exports to governments that:
(a) were engaged in war,
(b) were widely known for their systematic and violent repression of civil liberties (including the use of torture, ill treatment of prisoners, extrajudicial executions, and politically motivated prosecutions) and/or
(c) have severely repressed, or in some cases completely outlawed, all trade union rights (including the right to form unions, to hold strikes and to bargain collectively).
    Canada's military exports to the following governments in 2000 are of particular concern due to their human/labour rights violations:
Argentina*, Bahrain*, Botswana, Brazil*, Chile*, Egypt*, Greece*, Guyana*, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Korea (S.), Malaysia*, Mexico, Morocco, Oman*, Peru, Philippines*, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania*, Thailand*, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe*
   (Asterisks indicate governments that received Canadian firearms, large calibre weapons or ammunition in 2000.)
US Military Spending: The US is now a rogue superpower.
   It is by far, the world's largest military spender and exporter.  It is openly discussing the possibility of launching military actions against dozens of countries.  Because 46% of the US government's total budget now goes towards the military, it easily outspends the rest of the world's military budgets combined. (The US will spend $776 billion on their military over the next fiscal year, out of a total federal budget $ 1,696 Billion.)
See: "Where your income tax money really goes. The US federal budget for fiscal year 2003"
Online issues of "Press for Conversion!" the quarterly publication of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade:
- "Power Politics: Oil, Terror and the War Against Afghanistan."
- Taking Over the World: Militarism and Corporate Globalization
- Canada's Military Exports: Fuelling wars & abusing international human/labour rights
- A People's History of the CIA: The Subversion of Democracy from Australia to Zaire
- Nonviolent Resistance to War and Injustice
- Building a Culture of Peace
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Fur Flies as Loco Furrier Attacks Protesters– Feb.9.2002
News and photos on the National Anti-Fur Day Toronto Protest by Gary Morton
- view the full article
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George W. in the Garden of Gethsemane - Feb.2002
- An Open Letter to George W. Bush from Michael Moore
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Notes on the Ontario Health Coalition Save Medicare Action Plan
By Gary Morton Feb.3.2002
   The premiers and the feds would have us believe we are in a health care crisis. But are we really running out of money in Ontario when Mike Harris just gave 2.2 billion dollars in tax cuts to big corporations? Health care spending has actually shrunk in Ontario despite the aging population, and many people believe the health care crisis has been manufactured so cutbacks in care can fund tax cuts. And of course privatization will benefit the large health care corporations that give generously to politicians.
   Ontario’s Health Coalition has decided to intensify the struggle for full public health care. During a series of public meetings across the province they have decided to go door to door with a personal appeal. The campaign will begin at the end of February with the opening of a number of campaign offices and it will lead to a national Medicare for Life Day in spring. The day will feature pro Medicare lawn signs, ribbons, and window signs and so on.
   Tied to this are other committees and actions – women’s initiative, student essay contest, testimonials, campus campaigns, community forums and tours.
   Contact: Ontario Health Coalition (416) 441 2502  e-mail ohc@sympatico.ca web http://www.web.net/ohc

   A number of health care fact flyers you can distribute now reveal that the solutions governments are proposing for Medicare are non answers.
- User Fees: Penny wise and pound foolish. No money is saved and the rich still see their doctors while the poor and low income must cut back.
- Public Private Partnerships: Hospitals owned by the private sector thru these deals are far more costly and deliver lower quality service. They are a problem not a solution.
- Medical Savings Accounts: User fees for the sick. Each person gets an allowance to spend on health care. When the allowance runs out you must pay fees. This system victimizes the sick, rewards the healthy with rebates and it is costly as it requires an expensive administration to run it.
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Governments should act on Corporate Responsibility and Democracy Report – Feb.2002
OTTAWA - Democracy Watch called on governments across Canada to pass measures recommended in the report released today by the Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission to help ensure corporations act responsibly and governments are citizen-driven.
    "Corporations across Canada will only act responsibly when laws require them to act responsibly," said Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Democracy Watch and Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Coalitions, "If Canadian governments do not respond to the broad call for stronger corporate responsibility and democratic reform laws, they will prove that they are corporate-driven and don't care about ensuring Canadians have key rights and powers to hold governments and corporations accountable."
   The Commission endorsed almost all of the proposals of Democracy Watch's Corporate Responsibility Coalition
http://www.dwatch.ca/camp/corpdir.html
http://www.dwatch.ca/camp/cubdir.html
http://www.dwatch.ca/camp/moneydir.html
http://www.dwatch.ca/ethicdir.html
Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Democracy Watch  Tel: (613) 241-5179 Email: dwatch@web.net
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Premiers, Feds and the Media Unite to Dismantle Medicare
By Gary Morton, Jan.27.2002

   In our aging society nothing is more important to Canadians than the public health care system. At this point in history public health care and expanded services and coverage are the priority of the people.
   In spite of this the establishment in Canada has a different vision … one without ethics. Their priorities continue to be tax cuts and the handing over of invaluable public systems to large corporations.
   Canada's Ten Premiers want to continue to buy votes with tax cuts and do favors for corporate backers. The money for giveaways isn't there in the current economy so they want to dismantle our health care system in order to get that cash. This week they created their own special interest power group called the Premiers' Council on Canadian Health Awareness. Its agenda is to weaken the Canada Health Act through a new disputes resolution mechanism, scale-down the health system, hand delivery of services to private sector corporations and frighten Canadians into believing dramatic changes are needed for Medicare to survive. The scaling down will involve delisting drugs, treatments and services. There will be user fees, co-payments and so on.
   The corporate television, radio and print media and the federal government are also involved in this game to dismantle health care. The Feds lack dollars for tax cuts and have brought in Anne McLellan to look at ways of chopping Medicare. The media is owned by corporate interests that would like to see more privatization and generally works with the other political forces to help create a scare that will justify this fresh attack on health care. If their goals are achieved Medicare will be badly damaged with the only winners being corporations pulling in vast profits. We’ll have a huge number of Canadians that won’t be able to afford drugs and health care and the resulting downward spiral that comes with a crippled population.
   In stories this week the media works hard in its attempt to create a state of public panic. They have Premier Gordon Campbell saying that the system of universal health care that Canadians have identified as their number one priority is in jeopardy. Then they have Mike Harris saying, "Our health-care system is on life support and it is fading fast. We don't have enough tax revenue to fully fund health care, so there either has to be more federal funding, or we're going to have to find another mechanism."
   They present us with scare tactics, yet they don’t present sensible voices on the issue and they don't note that Campbell and Harris are ideologues that have been overseeing a criminal dismantling of public services … characters that would tell any lie to justify their pro corporate political agendas.
   The federal liberals are in the same pirate boat. We have a bunch of conservative liberal candidates running to replace Jean Chretien, and every one of them needs a couple million in corporate donations to run a leadership campaign. These people have been bought before they ever got out of the gate … and even those that haven’t been bought have abandoned their previous vision of a better Canadian society that is publicly owned and controlled. They can't act on behalf of the people when it comes to health care issues.
   In one of his last essays Tommy Douglas said “… even at my age I'll trek this country from the Atlantic to the Pacific to stop Medicare from being destroyed.”
   Yet we’ll likely have to do more than that. Building the strength of the defenders of Medicare is the only way to oppose the anti Health Care Establishment.
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Here is a list of meetings people can get involved in to help save Medicare
Province-wide Campaign to Defend Medicare

The following is a list of important kick-off local organizing meetings for the Ontario Health Coalition's campaign to save Medicare. The meetings will start the planning process for an unprecedented community organizing campaign.
Algoma - Save Medicare Campaign Plenary Wednesday, February 13, Days Inn, Sault Ste. Marie. 7 - 9 pm. Register by contacting Elsa at 705-949-6235 or elsam@onlink.net
Burlington - Save Medicare Campaign Plenary  Tuesday, January 29, Burlington Baptist Church, 2225 New Street, Burlington. 5:30 pm  registration, 6 - 9 pm meeting. Register by contacting Ed at 905-681-0242.
Chatham - Save Medicare Campaign Plenary Saturday, February 9, UAW Hall, 88 Elm Street, Wallaceburg. 10 am - 2 pm.  Register by contacting Bela at 519-627-8112 or beladeb@mnsi.net
Hamilton - Defenders of Medicare Convergence Saturday, February 16, Hamilton Central Library, Hamilton Room. 10 am - 2 pm.  Register by contacting the Hamilton-Wentworth Health Coalition at 905-516-5690.
Kingston - Save Medicare Convergence  Wednesday, January 30, Kingston Public Library, Johnson & Bagot Sts., Kingston. 6 - 9 pm.  Register by contacting the Kingston Health Coalition at 613-374-5211 or cstock@sympatico.ca
London - Defenders of Medicare Convergence Saturday, February 16, 2nd floor, London Community Resource Centre, Dundas & Colbourne Sts., London. 10 am - 2 pm.
Register by contacting the London Health Coalition at 519-453-1837 or waabino@yahoo.com
Timmins - Save Medicare Campaign Plenary Thursday, February 21, CAW local 599 office, corner of 2nd and Balsam Streets. 7 - 9 pm. Register by contacting Ben at 705-235-8121 x 7599 or caw599@kiddmet.falconbridge.com
Toronto - Medicare IS Canadian Action Meeting  Sunday, February 3, Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, 10 am - 2 pm.  Register by contacting the Toronto Health Coalition at 416-929-1545 or pacfutt@globalserve.net
Windsor - Save Medicare Convergence  Saturday, February 9, CAW Hall, 1855 Turner Road, 10 am - 2 pm.  Register by calling the Windsor Health Coalition at 519-256-8082 or dlongmoore@cogeco.ca
For more information, please contact Natalie at the Ontario Health Coalition 416-441-2502 or by email at ohc@sympatico.ca.
Groups:
Canadian Health Coalition - http://www.healthcoalition.ca
Ontario Health Coalition - http://www.web.net/ohc
Articles:
- The Future of Medicare By Tommy Douglas
- Hasty Diagnosis; Influential Senators are Quietly Making a Case Against Medicare as we know it, by Thomas Walkom  Toronto Star January 4, 2002
- Senator Kirby's conflict of interest, by Michael McBane Hill Times  December 10, 2001
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Reports and photos from the Toronto Walk for the Disappeared - Jan.16.2002
   In a society growing war-like through government and media propaganda, three dozen walkers brave cold and wind to make a statement against War, Racism and Repression.
- full report and photos
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Photos - Bloor West for Peace Protests Canada Sending Combat Troops to Afghanistan - Jan.12,2002

Photos of demo:
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Genetically Modified Food Issue a Step Up on the Political Agenda – Oct.8.2001
By Gary Morton
  The Council of Canadians held a national day of action in support of the mandatory labeling of GM foods on Saturday. Organizers Brent Patterson and Kim Phillips plus members and supporters passed out leaflets outside Loblaws' superstore at Bathurst/St. Clair Toronto.
   Public support for GM  food labeling is strong and some politicians are now catching onto that. Federal NDP environment critic Joe Comartin is out in support of the campaign for labeling and liberal leadership candidate Allan Rock is now a strong supporter. Liberal MP Charles Caccia has a private member's bill before Parliament to amend the Food and Drug Act to require mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically altered materials.
   In Europe you must label if there is anything genetically modified in the food. Rules come into effect in January in Japan and in December in Australia and New Zealand.
   Canada has been on the wrong track, using tax dollars in support of Genetic Engineering. Ottawa spent $2.8 million last spring on a door-to-door brochure extolling the virtues of GM foods. Industry Canada is a member of BioteCanada, bestowing corporate welfare on huge companies like Monsanto. An American company, Monsanto just sucked a million dollars from the government to aid in the development of GE wheat that Canadian farmers and industry do not want.
   Monsanto, Novartis and other large genetic engineering firms are also coming under scrutiny in the wake of the Sept.11th terrorist attack in the United States. They have made the technology for dangerous techniques that can alter plant and animal species too readily available.
Photos from past demonstration
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The Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds - Meeting Notes and Links on AFGHANISTAN… Oct.4.2001
- War on Terror becomes Terror By Gary Morton
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At the Star - Oct.7..2001
-Military strikes under way in Afghanistan
-British submarines firing at Afghan targets
   The USA and Britain have launched cruise missiles at Afghanistan. Though stating that the attacks are on terrorist training camps, the bulk of the attack has been directed at the city of Kabul, which is full of civilians.
-Random police videos ruled illegal
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At the Globe - Oct.2001
-September Eleventh Peace Coalition rejects war on terrorism
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At the National Post - Oct.2001
-Timothy Findley compares oil industry to terrorists
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Tickets available for Nov. 8 Peace Bus to Ottawa - Oct 2001
From:  TASC <tasc@pop.web.ca>
   Attention Toronto-area folks concerned about star wars, space warfare, and ending global terrorism
   On Friday Nov. 9, a nonviolent action and Festival of life will take place at the site of Canadian research and development for space warfare, the "Defence" Research Establishment Ottawa. To help Canada with its commitment to end terrorism, let us remove the tools of terror--star wars and space warfare--from Canadian soil.
   To reserve a seat on the peace bus to Ottawa from Toronto, which leaves Thursday Nov. 8. contact us at tasc@web.ca or (416) 651-5800. While no one is turned away for lack of funds, we request a $40 donation (sliding scale) to cover the costs of the return trip, food and accommodation in Ottawa, and related expenses.
   If you cannot make it to Ottawa but would like to support this effort by helping subsidize bus seats, donations can be made to Homes not Bombs and sent to PO Box 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, ON M6C 1C0.
Charitable receipts are available for any donation over $75 and made out to St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society (and sent to the same address).
Peace
Homes not Bombs
   PS: Buses will be leaving from Hamilton as well as Kitchener on Nov. 8. If you are closer to those areas, contact in Hamilton (905) 627-2696 or Kitchener (519) 584-7556
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From the New Democratic Party - 2001.10.05
TARGETING THE INTOLERABLE
An interactive slideshow on the global problem of child labour
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/ratification/
Sponsored by International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
NDP JOINS CAMPAIGN FOR MANDATORY GM LABELING
OTTAWA - NDP environment critic Joe Comartin this week endorsed a fall campaign sponsored by a coalition of groups, including Greenpeace and the Council of Canadians, calling for mandatory labeling of genetically modified food.
"The public want to know, and have a right to know, what is in the food they eat," Mr. Comartin said. "The government has had ample opportunity to take action on this issue but continue to drag their feet. Hopefully this campaign will help prompt them into action."
Mandatory labeling of genetically modified food has been part of NDP policy since 1999. NDP health critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis has introduced a bill that would require such labeling.
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Other Views of the War on Terrorism - Oct.3.2001
-Concordia Student Union Accused of Links with Terrorists and Bin Laden
-Pakistan on the Brink by Tariq Ali
-The Terrorism Trap by RICHARD J. BARNETT
-Genocide or peace  We can feed the starving Afghan millions or mount a military campaign. We can't do both
-Polarization - a war for capitalism
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Paranoia via Mike Harris and Ottawa - Oct.3.2001
   Ontario Premier Mike Harris is running scared of Terrorists. Appearing by videotape out of fear of the public legislature, he appoints a general and RCMP chief to hunt alleged terrorists and creates an elite police unit to harass immigrants.
-Elite police unit to hunt deportees
-Harris blasted for videotaped announcement
-Terrorist fundraisers will face jail
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The New Canadian Peace Movement Grows – Sept.29.2001
Toronto report by Gary Morton
   Though it got called on short notice today's Walk for Peace & Global Solidarity became the largest demonstration of the year. People from numerous social justice and anti-racism groups chose to show.
- read the full report
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Nuclear Waste Plan Totally Unsatisfactory- Sept.29.3001
from the NDP
   OTTAWA - The   federal government's nuclear fuel waste bill allows the nuclear industry to make all of the decisions, in too short a time, probably using methodology relatively inexpensive for the industry but totally unsatisfying for the Canadian public, New Democrat environment critic Joe Comartin said in the Commons Thursday.
   He said the NDP would support the bill in second reading to make sure it has thorough review at the committee stage.
   "The work in that committee hopefully will get us to a result by way of significant amendments that in fact would make the treatment of nuclear
waste something in which Canada can be a leader in the world, as opposed to what we see in the bill now," Mr. Comartin said.
   He said the NDP "will attempt to get changes is the composition of the panel that will form that commission (overseeing nuclear waste), because as it stands now the only people who would be on it are from the industry. Those people who need regulation would be doing the regulating."
    For the full text of Joe Comartin's speech on the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act, please e-mail info@fed.ndp.ca, and write "Nuclear Waste" in the subject field.
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Peace on a Cloudy Afternoon - By Gary Morton, Sept.22.2001
    Three events that point to a lack of peace took place in Toronto today. One was titled A Call for Non-Violence! The others were Car Free Day and an anti-Fur Demonstration at the Bay.
- read the full article with photos
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USA Routinely Blocked Anti-Terrorist Resolutions – Sept.2001
    The United States routinely opposes allies such as Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom in UN resolutions condemning terrorism, genocide, war crimes and other "crimes against humanity." Many times the US casts  the sole opposing vote. See U.N. Resolution E/CN.4/1998/L.7, for example, which condemns "all acts" of terrorism sponsored by both Palestinians and Israelis (vote 51-1 in favor, United States opposing). In 1998, 120 nations voted in favor of an International Criminal Court capable of prosecuting cases like those of September 11th. The United States joined only 6 other countries, including China and Iraq, in opposing the Court. In order for the Court to now take effect, 60 countries must ratify  the treaty. As of 28 June 2001, only 36 countries have done so (http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/icc/).
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CanWest Global Goes to War - Sept.2001
    Canadian Media Conglomerate and Post owner CanWest Global goes to war against democracy and the people.  Asper delivers a rabid and racist speech to the Chamber of Commerce. Looks like there will be little tolerance of dissent among the Canadian media giants.
At the National Post -  CanWest director's speech
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At the Star - Sept.2001
-Operation Infinite Justice - U.S. war machine set for action in the Gulf
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At the Post - Sept.2001
-Municipalities take on Ottawa's trade agenda By  Murray Dobbin
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At the Globe and Mail – Sept.2001
-Leaders repeat call for tolerance
-Negotiators give go-ahead for China to join WTO
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Threats of Violence Disrupt Toronto Vigil for Mourning – Sept.16.2001
By Gary Morton

Photos:
- Child with Flowers at US Consulate in Toronto
- Banner - We Mourn for all Victims of War and Terrorism

   A vigil for mourning at the US Consulate went a bit sour at the outset when police forced mourners across the road. Officers seized Laurel Smith of Toronto Action for Social Change and dragged her over to a traffic island on University Avenue.
   There have been people mourning at the consulate all weekend, placing flowers, candles and teddy bears on the grass and steps. Today some of them had little tolerance for people arriving with peace banners. They tried to pick fights and generally expressed their support for war not peace. These folks were of the patriotic sort that have been brainwashed by the mainstream media. One man was dressed in an American Flag.
   People like Laurel came to mourn all victims of terrorism and most believe that working for peace, economic justice and education can reduce terrorism.
   Bombing can create more victims of terror, and the child in the photo listed above was probably another victim … as it did not help her to see that adults wanted to fight rather than to mourn.
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Democracy Shut Down at US Consulate Sept. 16
From:   TASC <tasc@pop.web.ca>
It was supposed to be a day of mourning and a call for reconciliation and peace, but Toronto police would have none of it this afternoon in front of the United States consulate. A variety of Quakers, Unitarians, Anglicans, and members of groups such as Homes Not Bombs and the International Socialists came to mourn as well, and to call for nonviolence, peace, and social justice.
        RCMP had informed the group they could stand in the first lane of University Avenue, but while demonstrators awaited the 1 o'clock officialstart time, the police told a group of some 10-12 people holding incendiary signs such as "War is not the Way: Nonviolence Now" and "There is no way to peace, peace is the way" that they had to move across the street. While most cops gave no reason, some stated that our presence was "not a good mix" with those laying flowers at the consulate in remembrance of the victims of the Tuesday terror attacks in the U.S.
        Police, frustrated that citizens were exercising their democratic rights to stand silently on the sidewalk and plead for peace while their
government whips up the fervour for war, violently ripped the Homes not Bombs banner out of the hands of two individuals and took it across the street. Then, Laurel Smith, a member of Homes not Bombs who was holding a sign reading "Nonviolence Now," was bumped from behind by one police officer, so she sat down. When told to move, Laurel asked for one valid reason, which was not forthcoming. She was then roughly manhandled and dragged across the four lanes of traffic and thrown onto the concrete island dividing University Avenue. She is now nursing a large bruise on her right arm.
        After everyone gathered on the island and set up banners and began leafletting, police again moved to clear the area, stating we should stand way across the street near the University Ave. courthouse. Again, a small group refused to move, as there was clearly no legal or safety reason to do so. We wondered whether we would be moved if we instead had held signs calling for the bombing of Afghanis.
        Again, officers refused to provide a legitimate reason, and pushed people around. Smith, again holding her sign, had it violently ripped from her hands, at which point she again sat down.
        Ironically, the police appeared to be acting, in their usual heavy handed fashion, against the wishes of many who had simply shown up at the consulate to express condolences, many of whom supported our plea for no escalation of the violence, no retaliatory strikes.
        It is clear that the war atmosphere being whipped up by so-called political "leaders" is being reflected in a local level on the streets of our cities, as we saw in today's police actions and as we continue to see in the escalating racist attacks being carried out against Muslims, Hindus, anyone in this country who seems "suspect," just weeks after Canada proclaimed before the world that it was not a racist nation.
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Continuing reports on the Devastating Terror Attack in the USA - Sept..2001
- The Messiah is Rising By Gary Morton, Sept.14.2001
- Terror Networks and the Web of  Media Lies By Gary Morton,  Sept.13.2001
- Click on this URL: www.cyberclass.net/wtc.htm to read more of what the alternative media are writing about The World Trade Centre Catastrophe.
- USA: Bush's Faustian Deal With the Taliban
- NATO Plans Afghan Invasion; Iraq Attack?
- Racist Attacks Against Arab- and Muslim-Americans
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At the Star - Sept.15.2001
- Hijackers set down roots, blended in, then attacked
- Bombing could begin within days
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At the Toronto Sun - Sept.15.2001
- Canada's Muslim community now living in fear
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ALERT: Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the Works - Short Deadline
- See the Sept.7.2001 EFFECTOR Newsletter on this site.
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Liberals Hire Pollster to Promote US Integration  - Sept/2001
   OTTAWA – New Democrat finance critic Lorne Nystrom has condemned Liberal government policies aimed at increasing the integration of Canada and the United States.
   “The Liberals even hired a pollster to come to their recent Caucus retreat to tell them how to push for closer Canada-U.S. integration”, Mr. Nystrom wrote in a letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail.
   U.S. citizens “are alone in the developed world in not having universal access to health cares, its rates of child poverty, and economic inequality are amongst the highest in the OPECD,” he said. “This is not a society that we as Canadians should be in any rush to join.”
   For the full text of Lorne Nystrom’s letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail, please e-mail info@fed.ndp.ca and write “Canada-U.S.” in the subject field.
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Climate Change, and Bonn. Which deal will set the world on fire? Tues.Aug.7.2001
* Notes on the public report from Peter Tabuns of Greenpeace, activist Tooker Gomberg, and Christine Elwell of the Sierra Club.
- read the full report
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Climate Change Caravan Hits Toronto and ESSO – July.30.2001
- See Photos and a report by Gary Morton
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War Minister Receives Peace Zucchini - 14 Aug 2001
From: TASC <tasc@pop.web.ca>
WAR MINISTER RECEIVES PEACE ZUCCHINI AT CONSTITUENCY PICNIC HOMES NOT BOMBS PRESENCE (7 activists) MET BY HEAVY POLICE CAVALRY (six squad cars, one police wagon)

In a surprise move, Canadian War Minister Art Eggleton accepted a "peace zucchini" from members of Toronto Homes not Bombs and Hamilton Homes not Bombs on August 11 during the minister's constituency picnic. And in a nod to the poor of his riding, constantly harassed by members of Toronto police, Eggleton gave those without much money a break by calling out six squad cars and a police van to keep at bay the seven demonstrators who held banners and leafletted passersby. Panhandling north of Finch? No problem, all the cops are watching Homes not Bombs.

In a brief bit of colloquy with Homes not Bombs members Kirsten Romaine and Laurel Smith, Eggleton commented that homes were indeed better than bombs, but that Canada did not have many of the latter. When reminded of the $12 billion (and growing) war budget in Canada and the dropping of Canadian bombs on civilians in Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, Eggleton simply said, "Those were to save lives," and harumphed away, clutching his gift zucchini.

But Eggs was unable to escape the ever-present limerick-maker Eldon Comfort, an 87-year-young WWII veteran and tireless social justice activist who ruined Eggleton's one media opportunity. Questioned about the presence of the Homes not Bombs group, Eggs told a cameraman, "We definitely think homes are more important than bombs," to which Comfort asked on camera, "Then why is Canada the only industrialized country in the world without an affordable housing construction program?" Eggleton was again forced to harumph away, although by this time the whereabouts of his zucchini was seriously in question.

The annual picnic is a bizarre means of reminding voters that the man who allegedly represents their interests actually does exist by virtue of his presence at the free dog-and-burger fest. Eggleton's quick pep talk about "keeping in touch" came as a surprise to the majority of those in attendance, whose general view of Art is that he is a slick operator who never listens to his constituents.

Art's hired help fares no better on the humanity scale, from the office workers who constantly tried to persuade media and other cameras from taking our picture, to the use of the child-unfriendly Bonkers the Clown, a scary figure infamous for attempting to disrupt an anti-war-toys protest at the candy store Sugar Sugar. At that protest, which was organized by the Easter Bunny, Bonkers advised children, "Don't listen to the fucking bunny." To now find out that Bonkers is on the payroll of the war minister should prove a warning to any parents seeking hired entertainment for their kids' birthday parties.

The afternoon's DJ also proved a charming individual, yelling, "Dude, dude, dude, don't make me kick your ass," as a demonstrator danced briefly with an Eggleton sign. The DJ's playing of tunes such as Lady is a Tramp and the latest sexual scorcher by Jennifer Lopez reminded us that Eggleton sees himself as quite the ladies' man, and, as readers of Frank magazine know, Eggs is apparently quite the swordsman on the Hill.

The day's cultural highlight was the presence of the Russian Athletic Gymnastic Dancers, a group of delightful 6-8-year-old girls who were immediately adopted by Homes not Bombs den mother and theatre director Laurel Smith and self-proclaimed Homes Not Bombs Babe Kirsten Romaine, who invited the kiddies to use the Homes not Bombs banners to provide a backstage area for their performance. The troupe's director, harried at her inability to find a proper staging area, simply assumed we were part of the picnic, and was ever so grateful when we assured her that the "Canada: Get Out of Space Warfare" banner would be a great backdrop for the girls' performance.

And indeed, as proud parents and other spectators looked on, the girl's performance, featuring what some may have seen as apocalypse-inspired choreography, fit nicely in with the theme of our day.

Each time leafletters moved into the crowd to reach out to newly arrived picnickers, police squad cars inched forward on the grass, ready to pounce in response to any untoward behaviour. But in the end, it was all just another example of an over-policed city in an overly militarized country where the purpose of the armed forces is clear: to suppress dissent at home and abroad.

As Eggleton left the picnic for another year of absence from his riding, it was unclear whether he took the zucchini with him. But since the simplest contact with the special squashes can spark intense thoughts and feelings of peace and justice, the last laugh may be on Eggleton who, as he enjoys his next veggie stir fry, might get some pretty strong urges to beat some swords into ploughshares.

Meantime, members of Homes not Bombs are preparing to descend on DREO, the war research facility in Ottawa which is building components for Star Wars, this November 9. The theme of that day, aimed especially at all the high-tech scientists and engineers at DREO who spend their days figuring out how to blow up the world, with an emphasis on launching laser beams from space, is quite simple: "Build Affordable Housing: It ain't Rocket Science." Stay tuned...
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new Canadian federal political party - Aug.2001
- more info: http://offer.to/cosmopolitan
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GE food action - Aug.1.2001
From: Shel Goldstein <sshhel@istar.ca>
   If anyone has spare money floating around, 70 year old Percy Schmeiser has exhausted his retirement savings fighting his court battle against Monsanto and needs funds for his appeal of the decision that found him guilty of infringing on Monsanto's canola patent when they found their breed in his field. He has been saving his own seed for 50 years. His neighbor was growing Monsanto GM canola. His trust fund is:
Fight Genetically Altered Foods Inc.
CIBC Account # 38-01411
603 Main Street, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 2A0

ALSO
   In Canada, the 10 year old Plant Breeders Rights Act, which gives companies the right to hold patent rights on life forms, is under review.  The website of the consulting company, charged with gathering public input, is at http://www.pbrevaluation.org/ . Their email is at info@serecon.ca

A consultation on various aspects of biotechnology, including biotech food, is also underway at http://cbac-cccb.ca/
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Toronto Mobilization for Global Justice Protests G8 Violence –July.22.2001
Photos of Toronto Demo
http://home.eol.ca/~command/gdemo1.jpg
http://home.eol.ca/~command/gdemo2.jpg
http://home.eol.ca/~command/gdemo3.jpg
http://home.eol.ca/~command/gdemo4.jpg

   A few hundred mob4glob people hit the Italian Consulate with a demonstration against the G8 violence in Genoa.
   Graphic photos and reports on the police shooting of 23-year-old Carlo Giuliani have outraged and sickened many people. Carlo was shot in the head and backed over by a police jeep, and just left there as riot cops and tear gas smoked by him.
   Toronto protesters drummed and marched in a circle. The street was chalked and the death was represented by a protester playing dead on the road. Chants and drumming became furious – people shouting - From Dudley George to G8, People will Retaliate and This is What Democracy Looks Like, This is what Hypocrisy Looks Like.
   A march ended at the US consulate, Steve Kerr and others spoke and entertainment came from radical cheerleaders.
   Latest reports from Genoa indicate increasing police violence, including many beatings and a raid on independent media as police move to destroy media records of the events.
Genoa Summit News  (young man murdered by police, hundreds injured)  - July.22.2001
- Click here to read a full news digest with photos
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Support Federal Bills on Animal Cruelty and GMO Foods –July.22.2000
   The Council of Canadians protested nationwide at Loblaws superstores today in support of Bill C-287. This federal bill introduced by MP Charles Caccia would bring about the labeling of Genetically Engineered foods.
   GE plants have entered the food supply without evidence of  human and environmental Safety. Mandatory labeling would allow us to avoid eating GE foods if we so choose.  93 percent of Canadians want mandatory labeling, as do a large number of citizens groups.
   GE crops are also disliked by groups opposing control of world agriculture by Transnational Corporations. Such control has led to starvation as other crops and small farmers are squeezed out by corporations seizing land and financial powers.
   Loblaws and members of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors oppose mandatory labeling and support GE foods. They blot out GMO-free labeling on products, which is a key reason for protest there.

Here are three photos of today's Loblaws demo in Toronto.

Protester holds Support Mandatory Labelling Picket Sign
http://home.eol.ca/~command/c287a.jpg
Peter Skira at work on the picket line
http://home.eol.ca/~command/c287b.jpg
Council of Canadians Organizer Kim Phillips, and Candace Ptolemy of Freedom for Animals talk to Loblaws security police
http://home.eol.ca/~command/c287c.jpg

Write, email or call your local MP, urging support for Bill C-287.
* Fax your MP automatically online at: http://www.canadians.org
* Encourage people to sign on to the petition to support this bill, available at: http://www.fishtomato.com
* Distribute leaflets about Bill C-287 - available through mailto:aaronk@isn.net
The text of Bill C-287 is available at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/private/C-287/C-287_1/C-287_cover-E.html
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Support Stronger Animal Cruelty Laws - Federal Bill C-15  –July.22.2000
   Canada's animal cruelty laws have not been amended since 1892.
   From now until September it is extremely important that we contact our Members of Parliament to
support effective legislation against cruelty to  animals!!!
   The Bill (C-15) proposes to amend the Criminal Code section on cruelty to  animals to
-Raise the maximum penalty for intentional cruelty from two years to five years in prison.
-Not set limits for fines (the current limit is $2,000).
-Give judges the authority to order anyone convicted of cruelty to animals to pay restitution (for example, veterinary bills and shelter costs) to the animal welfare organization that cared for the animal.
-Prohibit anyone convicted of cruelty to animals from owning an animal for however long a judge considers appropriate.
-No longer treat offences as property crimes.
-Make it illegal to brutally or viciously kill animals.
Toronto Coalition For Bill C-15 Anti-Cruelty Legislation
http://phenethaine.org/c15/
mailto:C15@yip.org
To read the Bill:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-15/C-15_1/90148b-1E.html#4
To find out who your MP is & their constituency office contact info:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/PostalCode.asp?Source=SM
or call: 1-800-667-3355
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Climate Summit - Report Card on Canada
From The David Suzuki Foundation
   Our representatives at the international climate change negotiations in Bonn, Germany are keeping close tabs on Canada's negotiating team. So far, Canada is receiving a failing grade. Click on the links below for more on the summit.
   The further Canada's negotiating position moves away from supporting an effective Kyoto Protocol, the faster Prime Minister Jean Chretien runs towards George Bush on the report card.
http://www.energyrevolution.net
Bonn update page
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/reportcard.asp
NEWSLETTER
The summer edition of the Foundation's newsletter, Finding Solutions, is hot off the presses.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/About_us/Newsletters.asp
Check out Canada's Fossil of the Day Awards
http://www.fossil-of-the-day.org .
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News at Other Media - July.20/2001
-Protester shot dead by police during G-8 summit
-Ontario 4th-worst polluter on continent
-Computer system snarls welfare system
-Protesters battle police in Sri Lankan capital
-Natives threaten national highway blockade
-Smog taking T.O.'s breath away
-Bush eager for talks on Canadian water
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News on Genetically Modified Organisms and Loblaws Protests

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