Peanut-plant salmonella brings calls for US food safety reform
  Outbreak has sickened more than 600 and may have contributed to nine deaths.

Public Service Alliance files in court over workers', women's constitutional rights
  Latest charter challenge claimants say Harper government hid regressive laws in budget.

"Buy Canadian" better option than binding trade agreements
  A joint statement on public procurement and the public good.

"Hidden horrors" of federal budget threaten waterways, students, women, workers
  Conservatives pursue deregulatory agenda by gutting environment assessment.

3,000 Ontario Red Cross home care workers begin strike
  Home health service professionals left living below poverty line after months of bargaining.

40 organizations prepare to file complaint at UN against Harper government on women's rights
  Groups say hurdles in pay equity and EI undermine Canadian women's equality.

50 grassroots organizations reject energy sell-off in BC
  Environmental, indigenous, community and labour groups unite against privatized "run-of-the-river" power projects.

A federal election for the planet
  Obvious effects of global warming "terrifying" to research scientists visiting Northwest Passage.

Aboriginal communities hold protest against poor public services
  March to Treasury Board President's office will demand action against privatization and crumbling infrastructure.

Action alert: Demand public disclosure of Ontario's planned regulatory cuts
  Government's role is to protect the public good, even in bad times.

Action needed on Canada-Colombia trade agreement
  MP's attack on CoDevelopment Canada's Wood highlights flaws in federal policy

Ad campaign takes on violence against hospital workers
  Twenty-three reported assaults in September alone at targeted hospital.

Airline deregulation puts private profit above public and industry
  Concessions by employees have gone straight into pockets of private investors.

Alberta government gets it wrong
  Cutting infrastructure spending and focusing on P3s bucks global consensus, means less bang for the buck

Alberta puts private industry in charge of public health administration
  New board chair is insurance industry investor.

Alberta union offers $500 prize for best video about health-care privatization
  Winning video to be posted on YouTube.

Alberta: threat of more education cuts galvanizes resistance
  Parents, teachers and trustees join forces.

Auditor General, federal pilots association condemn lack of enforcement in airline safety
  Bill C-7 amendments would prevent self-reported violations from ever being made public, guarantee immunity.

BC government taking action on illegal medicare fees
  Attempted crack down at some for-profit clinics.

BC poverty election issue as 200 organizations demand government action
  Open letter and petition gives concrete plan for taking on highest poverty rates in country, despite years of growth.

BC public employees join call for moratorium on private run-of-river power
  Groups want proper environmental assessments, local governance and community voices restored.

BC public-private partnerships (P3s) questioned by Auditor General, independent review called for
  "Bill of goods" being sold to Canadian taxpayers with privatization.

BC Utilities Commission pulls plug on government plans to privatize power
  Regulatory body confirms province's need for additional power was grossly exaggerated.

Big labour enlists guerilla theatre to battle private equity
  SEIU uses humour, absurdity to shed light on buyout kings, absentee owners.

Bill would help end homelessness - housing and native activists
  C-304 would bring all levels of government together for joint action.

Bills Threaten Democratic Power, Quality Control of Wheat Board
  C-46, C-39 would give Ottawa unilateral power, favour grain companies.

Blowing the whistle on corporate tax avoidance
  Investigative series looks at the problem in the UK.

Blue Summit inspired by search for "Water Justice"
  New trade deals could see further corporatization of water systems, many First Nation reserves without safe water for years.

Bottled Water Free Day campaign on March 11 in schools, universities, colleges
  Public infrastructure such as water fountains not being maintained or installed in new buildings.

British report sounds alarm on private-public funding schemes
  Canadian P3s modeled on failed British experiment.

British study: privatization of postal service threatens its future
  Benefits large companies, no benefit to users.

Budget 2009: Canada's child care crisis will continue
  Addresses neither old issues, nor new needs of parents in employment upheaval.

Budget a windfall for the wealthy
  In 2009-10 there is twice as much spent on a tax break for home renovations as spent on those with low incomes.

Budget, staff cuts cause "near collapse" of US security agency
  Federal Protective Service workforce has been cut 20 percent since 2004.

Buy America provisions give away Canadian farm for little return
  Public services previously excluded from NAFTA now on the table with new deal.

C. D. Howe Institute ranks Alberta schools
  Methodology provides lesson in skewing statistics.

Cafeteria kickbacks: corporate food companies bilk millions from taxpayers
  Fraudulent rebate schemes keep local providers out of school, hospital, government kitchens, critics charge.

Cafeteria kickbacks: unhealthy, unethical and pricey
  How food-service providers bilk millions from taxpayers.

Calculating risk in public-private hospitals
  CMAJ examines the pros and cons of public-private hospital construction.

California government could be first to limit potent climate change gas
  State senate wants to expand its landmark global warming law.

Campaign 2000 releases new report cards on child and family poverty
 

Campaign for protection of pensions, retirement security
  Hot issues for federal budget, two unions use social networking to highlight concerns.

Can municipalities afford to sell electric utilities?
  Revenue flow and control over core city function are lost.

Canada abstains on historic water rights resolution at UN
  UN General Assembly passes historic Human Right to Water and Sanitation resolution over Harper's objections.

Canada Post charged with unfair labour practices
  Charges include issueing misleading statements to its employees, disregarding provisions of the Canada Labour Code

Canada Post will not deregulate, thanks to fight-back campaign
  Preserving rural and small-town service remains a concern.

Canada still needs child care
  Canadians have less access to services than those in 19 other countries.

Canada's EI benefits well below OECD average: study
  Weakened, inadequate programs have produced a 'massive risk shift' onto families, economist says.

Canada's shrinking government adds to growing inequality
  Majority of tax cuts have benefited the corporate sector and the wealthy.

Canada's top scientists reeling from $148 million in cuts to ongoing research
  Brain drain feared as US government set to pump $18 billion into science.

Canadian aviation accident statistics and analysis
  Charter air service has higher death rate than any other BC industry.

Canadian Medical Association wants full inquiry into Canada's tainted meat scandal
  Death toll already double that of Walkerton E. coli outbreak.

Canadians can't afford not to have a public drug plan
  Canadian Health Coalition releases report on public hearings.

Canadians don't trust private companies to keep food safe, poll shows
  Only 13 percent believe the food industry can be relied on to police itself.

Canadians get more public services than they pay for
  Families in middle 50 percent receive at least half their private incomes in benefits most take for granted - CCPA.

Canadians no longer see red over prospect of higher taxes
  Almost three out of five Canadian CEOs surveyed in March say higher taxes are needed to get the country back into the fiscal black.

Canadians value public services over tax cuts: new poll
  Nanos Research shows broad support for social safety net in tough times.

CBC cuts are ideologically driven – Charlie Angus
  Consolidation, bad debts and bad mergers helped trigger media crisis.

CD Howe Institute still firing corporate spin at sinking tax ship
  Corporate tax contributions so low they could barely twist an ankle if they fell any further.

Child care polices of Harper Conservatives are failing badly
  New study reveals the smallest increase in regulated child care spaces in years.

City of Edmonton staff advise council to scrap P3 plans
  Rec centre will proceed as traditional "construction management project" after costs, concerns tallied.

Coke and Pepsi fear bottled water backlash
  Bottled water still more expensive than gas, carries high environmental price tag.

Communities demand bottling giant Nestle stop undermining local control of water
  Company currently in disputes in Canada and six US states.

Communities suffer as corporations target water systems
  New report shows service suffers, costs skyrocket under water privatization in USA.

Conservatives provoking strike with federal public service
  PSAC fighting back with Think Public campaign

Conservatives rearranging the deck chairs at Public-Private Partnership office
  Feds fill top jobs at new P3 crown corporation, but don't expect speedy funding of infrastructure projects to follow.

Conservatives to eliminate meat inspection programs in three provinces
  Secret Treasury Board decision would cut inspection programs in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

Critical government communications security project given to private sector
  Relinquishing control of public-interest project explained as money, risk and time-saving measure, despite other P3 failures.

CUPE Keynote Speech: Fight of our Lives
  Coalitions key to stopping privatization.

Cut to Canadian Recording Arts Grant sparks furor, online petition
  Diversity in music program killed without announcement during summer recess.

Deaths of pilots, passengers merits no workplace investigation under airline safety regulatory freefall
  Bill C-7 and why the public should be aware.

Defend access to health care based on need: Medicare Pledge from Canadian Health Coalition
  On-line initiative to demonstrate support for public insurance.

Dependence on parent fundraising grows huge gap between public schools
  Trustees for Education discussion paper calls for equity in education.

Disturbing trend towards criminalizing public dissent in Ontario
  Police compile list, lay charges against rural retirees who oppose dump site.

Do our federal politicians still believe in Canada?
  Bold, visionary national leadership needed, not more off-loading of responsibilities.

Doubling of profits for Britain's Royal Mail makes hard case for planned privatization
  Government is facing a rebellion from more than 150 Labour MPs over the sale.

Dump Site 41 stopped: the public wins one for water
  Victory shows water management needs rethinking at all levels of government.

Economic crisis, P3s cut from the same cloth
  Research shows flaws in accounting, faulty assumptions.

Edmonton sells off sewage plant
  Sale could create problems under NAFTA.

Edmonton sewage plant stays public
  "Bargain-basement" deal shelved after community outcry.

EI needs to work better for more people
  Canada's jobs crisis deeper than the government's own statistics suggest.

Eighty-eight economists release open letter criticizing federal government
  Call on government to show leadership in stabilizing financial markets, stimulating real investment, and maintaining employment and incomes.

Election promise made to restore court challenges program
  Liberals pledge to revive program cancelled by Harper Conservatives in 2006.

Election victory no mandate to gut health care in Alberta, says HSAA president
  Messages from new Health Minister's office resemble cost-cutting of '90s.

Ending privatized medicare in the USA
  US government subsidies enrich insurance companies at the expense of taxpayers and beneficiaries.

Ending the hidden agenda behind tax cuts
  What happens in the real world when this reasoning is taken to its logical conclusion?

Escalating shortage of lab professionals threatens patient care
  Health professional's group is sounding alarm bells in advance of National Medical Laboratory Week.

EU farming studies may shift public policy
  Farming, food, health and environment need integrated oversight, author says.

Federal budget cuts bad for your health
  Why go for lowest corporate tax rates in the G7 when we have bills to pay?

Federal government gets failing grade from Canadian Labour Congress for early childhood initiatives
  Flaherty's constituency office targeted by child care protest.

Federal scientists launch campaign to end self-policing in food industry
  Research, regulation, power to act in the public interest need to be restored.

Financial collapse - no better time to build a better economy
  Put money in the service of people and the planet - not the other way around, says author.

Financial regime change?
  Say goodbye to the neoliberal paradigm that has held sway since the 1980s.

Financing health care: is long-term sustainability possible?
  Report shows maintaining medicare is a matter of choice and political will, not government's ability to pay for it.

Food safety issues in US are far from resolved
  Outbreaks continue despite calls for stricter consumer protection

Food safety: Time to rethink control by the WTO
  For over a decade, governments forced to overturn public-interest laws or face trade sanctions.

Food safety: Why end government grain inspection?
  Study finds public safety, market confidence, grower's independence all at risk.

Foreign investment imperils child care
  Press conference cites Aussie experience, NAFTA rules.

Forensic accountant on BC P3s: higher costs, bias and secrecy
  Observers question government's continued commitment to P3 procurement.

Free market ideology is far from finished
  Change won't happen without public pressure on politicians in this key period.

French President wants to measure well-being, dump GDP
  Draws on report headed by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

From British prisons to Winnipeg parking police
  What the 'Peg could learn from Keystone Capers of other governments who rushed out to privatize.

Front line justice workers call for changes in how mentally ill are treated
  Increasing incarceration of people with mental issues is cruel and unusual punishment - NUPGE.

G20 offers opportunity for "Robin Hood Tax"
  "Canadians want to do our fair share. Why shouldn't banks and brokerages pay too?" say advocates.

GATS works to further hamstring regulators
  Briefing Paper by CCPA Explores New Draft of Proposed WTO Domestic Regulation.

Government continues to withdraw resources from federally-supported science
  Medical doctors and scientists now have severely reduced access to an important research tool.

Government has a moral mission - George Lakoff
  Obama won because he identified empathy and aspiration, protection and empowerment as defining properties of democracy.

Green-collar economy taking root in Chicago
  Efforts aim to marry environment, enterprise, social need.

Growing number of economists agree: infrastructure spending urgently needed
  Wish list includes accelerated spending in new technology, alternative energy and transportation.

Half-hearted budget won't help the hard-hit
  Tax cuts, corporate handouts, minor benefits seriously underestimate the job at hand.

Health Canada's drug safety procedures lacking, says study
  Rapid approval of drugs, no recall mechanism, puts public at risk.

Health Coalitions across Canada ask Federal, Provincial Health Ministers to do their jobs
  Report cites violations of the Canada Health Act and their consequences nationwide.

Health professionals seek action on national HR shortages
  Government must address growing shortage of health care professionals

Home care workers face increased squeeze
  Health corporations were paying poverty wages even before conservative meltdown hit.

Hotel among first in Toronto to subsidize transit pass for workers
  TTC urging hotels and businesses to make program part of green strategy.

Housing, homelessness, health and the 2008 federal election
  Housing insecurity at record levels.

How Canada can beat tough times
  Government bonds would give citizens a choice as to where they direct their support.

How to set up a corporate tax shell, with YouTube video
  Setting up in offshore tax haven of Panama as easy as ABC, intern learns.

How will Harper stimulate the economy?
  Possible policy scenarios include the good, the bad and the ugly.

Hydro Québec's decision to privatize wind power condemned
  Charest government's decision wrong, public union says.

Immigration privatized through extension of migrant worker program
  At least half of new immigrants now are forever temporary, and the proportion keeps growing.

Interprovincial trade agreements threaten communities, environment, public services
  Press conferences held in seven provinces to present evidence against them.

Labour head in Quebec suspended for questioning P3 project
  Public pressure by workers, concerned citizens causes quick reversal by city council.

Labour mobility spin sweetens secret deregulation and privatization agreement
  New legal challenges feared if TILMA-related changes to internal trade pact go through.

Letter from front line to Flaherty
  Instead of NSA corporate tax cuts, give tax credits for real investments in Canadian economy.

Liberals' public-private hospital deals will cost Ontarians over $500 million
  McGuinty urged to halt P3 hospital projects.

Listeria crisis reveals conflict of interest
  CFIA's mandate split between managing food safety and industry promotion.

Lobbyists could have wings clipped by court decision
  Question remains whether key rules will be enforced by ethics commissioners.

Mainstream media misses the boat on BC river privatization
  Power, tax revenues go south at a loss, local market prices triple.

Major protest against the dictator Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia at the G20 Summit – an invitation
  Canadians of Ethiopian descent and others to meet at Queen's Park on Saturday.

McGuinty government wiping out elected hospital boards
  Ontario Health Coalition gets no answers from Ministry as to reasons.

Mental health care must be brought into the mainstream of Medicare
  Part of NUPGE's 10-Step Plan for improving public health care services.

Mexican voters say 'no' to privatizing oil
  Over 80 percent oppose Calderon's plan for oil industry.

Mexico: Oil privatization halted by mass protests
  "Citizen's army" operated in shifts to blockade government buildings.

Most prefer child care to cheques: poll
  Poll reveals Canadians prefer a national child care system to Harper government's $100 monthly cheque by a ration of 2 to 1.

Multinational child care corporation in financial meltdown
  Australian corporation was expanding into BC, Ontario and Alberta.

Municipal governments organize for protection from NAFTA, WTO
  Delegates to national conference demand open public consultation, protection for democratic governance.

Municipal privatization: What Winnipeg can learn from elsewhere
  Corporatizing utilities brings risks to public, but rewards private interests.

Museum strikes show no sign of settlement in sight
  Labour dispute threatens to disrupt the annual memorial celebrations including Remembrance Day.

Museum workers want protection against contracting-out
  Final offer does not protect workers, who call for arbitration.

NDP demands reinstatement of fired food inspection worker
  Says government attempting to hide issue from public.

New Brunswick being run by "shadow government", letter to the editor
  PV reader underlines value of social networking for grassroots organizing against sale of NB Power.

New film: You, Me and the SPP
  What was the real agenda behind North America's overreaching security agreement? Market accessibility.

New poll shows overwhelming support for public health care
  CMA president's privatization agenda goes against Canadian current.

New resources, research to help battle privatization in BC
  Lengthy contracts signed with private corporations to operate previously public services.

New television ads promote value of public services
  Value of public services underlined in business and family life.

New trade justice coalition leaks draft of Canada-Europe trade deal
  "More draconian than WTO or NAFTA", agreement would tie hands government while enforcing corporate rights and privatization.

No deal as deadline passes for Ontario elementary teachers
  Main issue funding gap for students, not wages.

No US bank nationalisation without state control
  Bankers will not hesitate to enrich themselves at the expense of the public good.

Northern Ireland: Leaked memo exposes payroll privatization failure
  Civil servants get emergency cash after significant underpayments by contractor; other privatization reforms flounder.

Nova Scotia report: Buoyant creative class helps keep economy afloat
  Canada's cultural sector accounted for 1.1 million jobs in 2007.

Nova Scotia school, hospital workers have tentative deals, Montreal starts strike
  Montreal blue collar workers start rotating strikes, without contract since 2007.

Nuclear safety threatened by cost cuts
  Safe operation, adequate oversight worth more than possible savings of $7 million.

Number of new food inspectors: 57 – Number assigned to meat plant inspection: 0
  Despite promises, feds still focused on checking paperwork.

Obama missed three significant opportunities to green American economy - Klein
  Other countries were poised to follow American lead.

Obama's economic stimulus plans should include under-appreciated public water system
  Would create green jobs, counteract three decades of neglect.

On the heels of federal-provincial budget talks: a real plan to deal with the economic crisis
  Cutting interest rates is not enough

Ontario community college teachers set to strike
  Negotiations broke down when colleges walked away from the table.

Ontario community, labour and cancer groups fight American P3 incinerator contract
  Company well-known for labour and safety violations in US.

Ontario hospitals condemn privatization of outpatient services
  Public labs cost only two-thirds that of private clinics.

Ontario passes Green Energy Act
  Groundbreaking legislation heralded by coalition of leading environmental groups.

Ontario: new "transactional" schools gaining ground
  Make education relevant and thought-provoking, not about regurgitating facts, proponents say.

Oppostion to Winnipeg plan to privatize half of waste water collection: Water Watch petition
  Contract could lead to future suits under Chapter 11 of NAFTA lessening public control.

Ottawa federal cleaners better off twenty-five years ago than today
  Union fights harassment and intimidation to organize office cleaners in Ottawa – SEIU.

Overwhelming majority of Canadians back public health care
  Canadians have no appetite for further privatization, pollster finds.

P3s: Risky, expensive, inefficient and undemocratic
  Are public-private partnerships a new revenue stream for corporate interests?

Pan-European citizens' coalition seeks moratorium to protect public water from privatization
  European Commission pushing privatization of water services.

Parliamentary probe launched into listeriosis outbreak
  Opposition parties demand to know what's going on behind closed doors.

Part-time college workers struggle to organize in Ontario
  Refusing to count ballots in part-time faculty vote is one of many stalling tactics - OPSEU.

PEI health care workers unite against privatized nursing homes
  Activists lead forceful opposition to P3 mindset.

PEI nursing homes stay public
  Government scraps privatization plan in wake of widespread backlash.

PIPSC issues charter challenge over budget
  Legislation that breaks contracts violates rights of employees under 2007 Supreme Court ruling.

PIPSC Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2008
  Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Political leaders lacking vision with traditional "shovel ready" spending
  Purchase of local, sustainable and nutritious groceries could create "virtuous-circle" economics to finance stimulus.

Poll shows majority of Albertans oppose health cuts
  Staying the course, not delisting services, desired by 62 percent of respondents.

Poll: 69 percent want Canada Post to keep delivering the goods
  Nearly 400 municipal councils pass resolutions against postal service deregulation.

Poll: Canada wants public services
  New national study shows majority of Canadians trust municipal government more than private corporations to deliver public services.

Port Moody dumps privatized garbage collection
  Contracted-out service called "embarassing" by mayor, pledges city will do the job right.

Post-Katrina New Orleans is "SPP made real"
  Recovery led by profiteers, volunteers and NGOs rather than the public sector.

Private clinic in Victoria routinely charged $1200 'facility fee' for MRIs.
  One of 29 found violating Canada Health Act in BC, says Canadian Health Coalition.

Private clinics: Medical scans or marketing scam?
  "Preventative" scans often neither safe nor highly accurate.

Privatization policies responsible for current financial crisis, Bolivia tells UN
  Bolivian president points to economic models that "simply privatize resources".

Privatization, casualization global trends in higher education
  Casualization brings poor working conditions, low wages and a decline in qualifications of academic staff.

Privatized public schools in USA underwhelm critics
  Studies prove public schools get disproportionate share of the neediest students, yet still do as well - or better.

Profiles of public interest advocates from Alberta
  Conference brought activists together to think about action in critical times.

Proposed federal pension law changes say 'fend for yourself'
  Would transfer risks and costs from investors and corporations to pensioners and workers.

Provincial, federal governments ignore private clinic violations of Canada Health Act
  Growing trend bleeds public health care system of needed skills and services.

Provincial, local government should remain free of NAFTA, WTO rules
  Ability of local governments to govern threatened by move to expand trade deals.

Public policy in UK shifts from growth to wellbeing, sustainability
  Watchdog organization keeps British government on track for 'prosperity without growth'.

Public sector spending is essential to our economy
  Cuts to public sector have adverse effects on private sector.

Public service union going to court for part-timers, students, casual labour
  Some workers not more equal than others, says PSAC.

Public services will face squeeze with economic crisis
  Recession could could be used to justify privatization and cuts at a time when need is greatest.

Public services: "Something you can rely on even in tough times"
  Health care, public transit, education, community centres highlighted in ad campaign.

Public-private partnerships fail to deliver
  Governments should abandon the myth that the P3 model has benefits.

Quebec Auditor General asked to investigate university P3s
  Rising costs, untendered contracts raise red flags.

Quebec hospitals to cost $4 billion more as P3s than if publicly-owned
  Not to late to cancel the process, PQ critic says.

Raleigh rallies behind public art
  Another city in North Carolina approves stable funding formula for art in buildings, parks and public spaces.

Regulate the markets for real
  Canada the only G7 country with no federal regulatory agency for financial markets.

Research backs up public daycare for quality, cost, inclusion
  Substantial body of North American research concludes:commercial status means poorer quality.

Re-tooling the financial regulatory system — and the economy
  Financial crises the "hardy perennial" of unregulated financial systems.

Ride for free: The case for free public transit
  Belgium's free public transit is a how-to success story.

Rising borrowing costs could hike cost of Alberta's P3 school projects
  Economic consultant: will cost at least 50 percent more to build schools than through public sector.

Rural Ontario county rejects P3 wastewater bids, stays public
  Councilors see through low-ball bids, high estimated operating costs.

Rural Ontario hospital cuts will cost lives, residents charge
  Province's move to consolidate emergency health care in urban centres creates outcry.

Saskatchewan Crowns (corporations) on endangered species list
  Grassroots group fights to save affordable, accessible services from extinction.

Save Canada's national broadcaster
  Petition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for bridge financing.

Save prison farms, say Solicitor General employees, National Farmer's Union
  New website aims to turn around decision shut down valuable resource.

Say NO to Privatized Sewage Treatment Facebook page
  Victoria-based site offers resources and feedback on municipal anti-privatization campaigns across Canada

Scotland bans privatized hospital services
  Privatized support services connected to rise in superbugs.

Security and Prosperity Partnership: Not a merger made in heaven
  We give up the right to decide national policies in food, energy and investment, but it makes the multinationals happy.

Senate report says Canada lags in care of seniors
  Finds "serious gaps" in health care, transportation, housing and support systems.

Service union questions private clinics
  Federal government asked to enforce the Canada Health Act.

Shh! Coming soon: Canada, US and Mexico's Security and Prosperity Partnership meeting
  Demand to have a say in North America's future.

Shorter, shared workweek could end unemployment: covered by EI
  Best-kept secret of Canadian employment insurance policy should be extended to all public and bailed-out private enterprises.

Social infrastructure creates three times more jobs than tax cuts
  Frontline workers tell first ministers to reinvest in public services.

Social networking supports campaign for more nurses
  London nurses among groups to use Facebook to spread the word.

Spend early on children, says OECD
  New report compares public spending, policies for children with child-wellbeing in different countries.

Standardized testing: failing grade
  Time-consuming, high stress test has questionable merit, say Ontario teachers.

Stop post office closures, call for moratorium: CUPW petition
  Rural, small town post offices to be closed without community consultations or options investigated.

Study: Private clinics cause public waiting lists to swell
  Wait times longer where private clinics poach staff from public system.

Stunning job losses mean EI must be improved
  Governments have changed the rules for EI: harder to qualify, benefits chopped.

Subsistence wages, job security at heart of York University strike
  With accumulated surplus, hiding behind the current economic recession is deceptive, spokesperson says.

Surprise! McGuinty, Charest sign interprovincial trade deal
  Agreement will hamstring social, economic policy, critics charge.

Tainted food sparks a safety campaign
  Veterinarians, inspectors, public service union want to make restoration of safety inspections an election issue.

Take action on food inspection shortage
  Campaign addresses the need for more meat inspectors.

Tax cuts caused deficit
  Losing billions more to new cuts still won't fund services to citizens.

Tell PM food safety still a priority - Food Safety First Campaign
  Positive steps made, but other inspection programs woefully understaffed.

Tell Stephen Harper: action required on listeriosis report
  Will report on last summer's outbreak gather dust or garner changes?

Tell the USA the truth about our healthcare system
  Avaaz petition aims to cause a stir in US media before congressional vote.

The case for public investment led growth
  Investors have become so risk averse, there simply has to be a major shift from private to public investment.

The plan: strong economy, fair society, clean environment
  Reports, petition, Facebook group promote ways to change Canadian society for the better.

The public interest is not for sale
  Government, not private industry, provides independent, non-partisan accountability in public safety issues.

The SPP is dead
  Security and Prosperity Partnership tainted by secrecy, Bush legacy.

This fall, vote for medicare
  Harper government not collecting needed data nor enforcing rules.

Thousands rally for public health care across Ontario
  Marchers in five cities protest cuts to dozens of hospitals.

Three years later, floatplane fatality's widow still seeks workplace accident investigation
  Independent forensic aviation specialist concludes: "The Transportation Safety Board of Canada did not fulfill its obligation in this occurrence."

Thunder Bay workers campaign against C-39, loss of one hundred inspection, regulatory jobs
  Conservative Bill puts consumers at risk, gives grain companies advantage over producers, say Grain Commission supporters.

Time to renegotiate NAFTA, not expand it
  SPP affects over 300 areas of government responsibility, without legislative transparency.

Toronto City Council adopts mandatory green roof requirements
  Toronto leads North America by requiring green roofs on new buildings.

Toronto Hydro: Keep Telecom Public!
  CUPE Local One members from Toronto Hydro Telecom take their anti-privatization message to the streets.

Toronto puts green rooftops high on public planning agenda
  Letter congratulates city for move to become first in North America to both require and govern construction of roof gardens.

Toronto strike: no contract, no service is basic business sense, not "public sector monopoly"
  Why demand concessions from workers while those who caused crisis get billions in bailouts?

Train wreck: the privatization of British Rail
  Before privatization, the biggest complaint was bad sandwiches, not employee fatalities.

Turkey's waterways, water services for sale in sweeping privatization programme
  World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul next year.

Twelve Alberta health authority boards rolled into one
  Appointed, unaccountable board addresses neither wait times nor workloads.

Twice as many processed meat inspectors needed, union says.
  Research presented to parliamentary committee shows too few inspectors to do the job.

UK health researcher tells Canada: contracting-out hospital cleaning a big mistake
  Health care associated infections are fourth leading cause of death in Canada.

Union report documents privatization failures as warning for Halifax
  Provides details of projects that left local taxpayers holding the bag.

Unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada made public
  Warns of jurisdictional conflict with US, unsustainable industrial consumption.

Urgent call for action to stop sale of BC's rivers
  Private run-of-river power projects sidestep public, environmental accountability.

US airline safety advocates sue DOT and FAA
  Seek to force adoption of safety recommendations made as far back as mid-1990s.

US Businesses and economists back public health care with petition
  Public health care seen as saviour of the economy.

US Conference of Mayors pulls plug on offering bottled water
  Resolution aims to redirect taxpayer dollars back to public water, other public services.

US consumers organize to oppose privatization of water utilities
  Private sector shows interest as US nears the limits of its water supplies.

US government looks at razing suburbs
  As fortunes decline and people leave, some centres find there are "simply too few people to pay for services".

US government whistleblower protection endorsed by 112 organizations
  Historic letter concludes eight-year struggle to protect federal workers.

US needs trillion dollar recovery package
  'You can't put out a forest fire with a squirt gun,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus.

US Treasury Secretary wants P3s to bail out big banks
  Plan to scrub assets could leave public holding the bag, while private speculators reap the biggest rewards.

Water should be for people, not profit
  Citizens can take action to protect public water resources before it is too late.

We need stronger regulations for the global financial system
  Petition calls for fundamental causes of global financial crisis to be addressed.

Web site supports Rights & Democracy work, against interference by feds
  Former presidents line up to offer support for the human rights work of organization.

Welcome to 'Free Public Services Day'
  When our taxes are paid for the year, so are the benefits of civilization.

What government can do in the first 30 days after the election
  We have been vividly reminded that we need governments to act in the common good.

What is big business hiding in overseas tax shelters?
  Firms responsible for the world financial meltdown keep their profits in offshore banks.

What is education for?
  Students aren't customers; education is not a commodity – argues author.

When governments have to govern
  The players want to win the competition, not simply compete.

Where is the balance in Private-Public Partnership reporting?
  National Post ignores other perspectives on P3 piece.

Why are food producers still their own health inspectors?
  US audit of Canadian meat plants reveals serious breaches; listeriosis investigator gagged by PM.

Why we need a coalition government
  Conservative government flounders in the face of a global economic crisis and the prospect of fast rising unemployment.

Will Alberta health mega-board create uncertainty among providers?
  Impact on health care to be monitored in coming months.

Winnipeg councillor: no water utility sales without referendum
  Response to public outcry over public-private partnership.

Winnipeg set to dismantle public governance of water treatment with no public consultation
  Research firm "has already consulted with leading private water/wastewater service providers."

Women and part-time workers asked to shoulder an unfair burden, vulnerable will suffer
  An interview with Warren "Smokey" Thomas

Women's poverty takes back burner in recession
  Government policies contribute to poverty among women.

Workers look to G20 leaders to pull world out of recession
  We need a new set of rules for both the global economy and those who profit from it the most.

Workers of the World Relax: May 1 reminds us why we need a shorter workweek
  Reduced workweek combats poverty, increases employment, author says.

Yukon energy privatization attempt brings resignations, backpeddling
  Premier vows no privatization, but talks continue.