Archive - 2006

Minerals, Gas and Spin-offs

Dawn Paley investigates how CIDA's 'development work' is influencing resource extraction in Bolivia.

CIDA's resource regulation projects in Bolivia

Canada's Quiet Free Trade Agreement

Cyril Mychalejko investigates the CA4TA, a free trade agreement few Canadians have heard of.

Few people have heard of CA4TA

An Indian Act

Stewart Steinhauer's response to a genocide attempt in Canada.

A response to an attempt of genocide

Recognition and little else

Critics say Canada has tacitly or openly supported the US campaign to replace the government of Venezuela. Yves Engler asks why.

Canada's Anti-Venezuela Diplomacy

"Dust in the Eyes of the World"

Prominent feminists debate the logic of a "humanitarian" war in Aghanistan. Anna Carastathis investigates.

Feminists debate logic of "humanitarian" war

Canadian Member

Chris Arsenault drops by the exclusive Canada Club in Bogata, Colombia, and considers the cost of Canada's elite.

Membership is limited at the Canada Club in Bogata, Colombia

Lebanon Solidarité

Dave Johnson investigates the strong --and growing-- Quebéc-Lebanon solidarity movement.

The Québec-Lebanon solidarity movement is strong and growing

Israel, Lebanon and your own backyard

Looking to address global injustice? Stewart Steinhauer suggests looking under your own two feet.

Canada and Israel are the same type of state: a nation state founded on colonialism

Like Weeds in a Garden

Pierre Loiselle asks why the Canadian government omitted over half of the Genocide Convention before making it law.

Genocide, International Law & Canada's "Indian Problem"

New cuts and conditions for Status of Women Canada

New Brunswick's New Business

Chris Arsenault spends an afternoon at an arms convention with some nice folks.

An afternoon at an arms convention with some nice folks

Post-Colonial?

Michael Skinner discovers that the impact of privatization in Guatemala has Canada Post's stamp of approval.

Canada Post and the privatization of Guatemala

US passes bill removing rights of some prisoners

CIDA spending in Afghanistan is private information

UN-Justice in Canada

Kim Petersen investigates Canada's opposition to the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights.

Canada has opposed the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights

Inhabiting the Historical Houdini

Lindsa Besner reads Steven Price's new book of poems, Anatomy of Keys.

US refuses to reveal groups receiving funding in Venezuela

Public kept in dark about talks on North American integration

Coverage of Chávez's 'devil' speech ignores call for UN reform

Mine Your Own Business

Few Canadians are aware that a series of government roundtables is currently examining Canadian mining companies operating abroad.

Should Canadian mining companies operating abroad abide by Canadian law?

Canada "Heading Toward Disaster" in Afghanistan

Prominent Afghan MP says Canada "needs to prove it is a friend of Afghan people" by ending support for fundamentalist warlords.

Prominent Afghan MP says Canada "needs to prove it is a friend of Afghan people" by ending support for fundamentalist warlords

"War on Terror" has killed at least 62,000: Report

Canada's Drift on Israel

Justin Podur traces the shift of Canada's foreign policy in the Middle East.

From abstention to unconditional support

The Seed in the Stone

Kristen Howe is growing her favourite foods in Toronto's concrete jungle.

Growing food in the concrete jungle

Sapporo's takeover of Sleeman leaves little in local hands

Battle for Control in Mexican State of Oaxaca

On The Globe and Mail's High Standards

How flimsy can the basis for a "controversy" be? Dru Oja Jay looks at the Globe's example.

The Lancet, Haiti and the manufacture of controversy

White-Collar Crime

Stewart Steinhauer examines the profits of oil companies operating in Saddle Lake Cree Nation, and asks why some criminals never go to jail.

Alberta oil windfall, theft and genocide

"We don't know where our next meal is coming from"

Setting up a Stand for Justice

Lebanon, Israel, and one man's battle for a few feet of sidewalk in Montréal. Dru Oja Jay meets the "Tunisian hippy."

A battle for a few feet of sidewalk