Archive - Sep 2006

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

New report suggests violence has become much worse in Haiti since Canadian intervention

Welfare rates in Canada the lowest in decades

Race, Rock and Soul

Matt Brennan reviews Jamaica to Toronto, raising questions about Canada's pop past.

Jamaica to Toronto raises questions about Canada's pop past

What's Mine Is Theirs

After months of resistence, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation have been awarded a legal victory in Ontario.

Legal Victory for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation