Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada plan to import a U.S. style two-tier, private-healthcare driven system, threatens to bring the kind of horror stories into Canada, that Americans have become all too familiar with. Excessive charges to patients who must pay their own health care bill is presently one of the least-known, but most egregious cost-shifting offences of the American health care system... Read More
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine responded in late-September 2005 to the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development that found many First Nations communities remain exposed to risks from unsafe drinking water... Read More
In case you haven't noticed, over the past two decades the people in Washington who write the laws have turned your life into a spin of the roulette wheel... Read More
The United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva plans to examine representatives of the federal government on Canada's report as of October 18, 2005, on its compliance with its international obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights... Read More
Fast food may be addictive MIDDLE-AGED janitors rarely make their mark on science. But Caesar Barber
looks like breaking the mould. Last July, Barber, a 56-year-old diabetic and
double heart-attack victim from Brooklyn, sued McDonald's, Burger King, KFC
and Wendy's, claiming that his illnesses were partly their fault... Read More
Growing Up Organic Demand for organic food in Canada has been growing steadily at 25 percent a year and the industry has blossomed into a billion dollar a year powerhouse. With new federal regulations passed in December and a new "Canada Organic" logo backing organic claims... Read More
