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CCPA Monitor Index May 2005 The CCPA MONITOR I N D E X Volume 11 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives April 2004-May 2005 Date Page(s) Date Page(s) Banks, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Tax cuts signal return to feudal society April 2005 28-29 Iraq’s huge debts must be eliminated May 2004 28-30 Worst corporations of 2004 April 2005 20-21 Only total debt cancellation acceptable June 2004 31 Resistance is fertile! June 2004 32 EconomyEconomy and andFinance Finance World Bank and IMF are indefensible June 2004 30-32 Billions needlessly put into debt repayment June 2004 38 World Bank’s review nixes oil, coal funding June 2004 37 More to lose than gain from Customs Union June 2004 18 Bank of Canada could help governments Sep-04 16-18 Paying off debt has ripped our social fabric June 2004 39 World Bank at 60: a good time to retire Nov 2004 37 Examples of effective socioeconomic reforms Jul/Aug 2004 26-27 High-rise jungle of urban post-communism Jul/Aug 2004 28-30 BooksBooks and and Book Book Reviews Reviews Poor nations can resist neocolonialism July/Aug 2004 17 Book about punctuation a best-seller Jul/Aug 2004 5 Public debt good, foreign investment bad Sept 2004 19 Higher taxes don’t hurt the economy Jul/Aug 2004 35 U.S. Nobel laureate slams Bush gov’t Oct 2004 15 25 novels that will inform, inspire, fascinate Sept 2004 30-31 Accountants supposed to be objective Nov 2004 24 Courageous struggle against Western greed Sept 2004 23 Large public sector creates healthy economy Nov 2004 5 Consider a book written in 1912 Oct 2004 30-31 Unlimited economic growth can’t be sustained Nov 2004 19-22 Rushing to Armageddon Oct 2004 27 Alberta not really “debt-free” Dec 04/Jan 05 36-37 Shake Hands with the Devil Dec 04/Jan 05 39 Canadians becoming cynical about politics Dec 04/Jan 05 7 U.S. Iraq attack all about oil Dec 04/Jan 05 21-24 CCPA “chief economist’s” forecasts bang on Dec 04/Jan 05 34 Anti-gambling handbook helpful Feb 2005 28 Comparing gov’t estimates with CCPA’s Dec 04/Jan 05 35 Martin diverts billions from social programs Dec 04/Jan 05 35 CorporationsCorporations We can be both compassionate and competitive Dec 04/Jan 05 24 Where to obtain info on corporate crime May 2004 7 Refuting arguments for paying down debt March 2005 16 Environmentalism can restrain corporations June 2004 33-34 Backseat TV or national child care? March 2005 5 Enbridge’s activities in Colombia blasted Jul/Aug 2004 21-23 Budget has lot more for rich than poor April 2005 16 Overpaying for De Beers’ cheap diamonds Jul/Aug 2004 36-37 “Deep integrationists” would give Canada away April 2005 27 Activists need common set of solutions Sept 2004 32-33 Document reveals business agenda for Canada April 2005 36 Bilateral trade deals challenge activists Sept 2004 34-35 Federal budget fails credibility test April 2005 18 Election in which crucial issue ignored Sept 2004 4-5 Let’s stop going down “deep integration” road April 2005 1, 8-10 Corporations scuttle environmental laws Oct 2004 32 No wonder Harper so pleased with budget April 2005 17 Nortel and end of Colombia’s Telecom Oct 2004 12-14 Overwork and underwork take heavy toll April 2005 24 Only truth can win war for global justice Oct 2004 9 Tax havens let corporations pay little tax Oct 2004 1, 9 EditorialsEditorials The cause itself is worth the struggle Oct 2004 4 Open Gates May 2004 2 Wal-Mart facing $1 billion lawsuit Oct 2004 15 (Pesticide) Empire strikes back June 2004 2 Black exposed as corporate tax avoider Nov 2004 18 Height of folly Jul/Aug 2004 2 Did corporations really need 25% tax cut? Nov 2004 30-31 Now what? Sept 2004 2 Need to control “blood” diamonds Nov 2004 36-37 November 2 Oct 2004 2 Unlimited economic growth not sustainable Nov 2004 19-22 Global warning Nov 2004 2 Income redistributed to corporations Dec 04/Jan 05 11 Misspent surpluses Dec 04/Jan 05 6 Profiting from taxpayer-funded research Feb 2005 35 National insecurity Feb 2005 2 Taxpayers financing export corporations March 2005 25 Environmental flop March 2005 2 Health and bankruptcy April 2005 2 CCPACCPA Monitor Monitor Index, Index, Volume Volume 10 11 i i Date Page(s) Date Page(s) Education 90% of the world’s large fish are gone Oct 2004 32 Ask to see school board’s vending contract June 2004 12-14 Coastal cities threatened by melting glaciers Oct 2004 35 How to use the FOI process June 2004 14 How corporations scuttle environmental laws Oct 2004 32 Importance of early childhood development Jul/Aug 2004 24-25 Campaign needed to slow global warming Oct 2004 34-35 $85 million wasted on international tests Nov 2004 23 Privatizing salmon won’t help communities Oct 2004 38 B.C. schools reject Fraser awards Dec 04/Jan 05 31 Truth about climate change hard to accept Nov 2004 13 Using social justice to teach math Feb 2005 15 Concept of sustainable development flawed Nov 2004 26-28 Adopt-a-library March 2005 25 More meat we eat, less water to drink Nov 2004 24 Most industrial chemicals not properly tested Nov 2004 29 Energy Deforestation causes deadly mudslides Dec 04/Jan 05 26 Why act as if oil supplies inexhaustible? May 2004 18-19 Precious resource flushed down the drain Dec 04/Jan 05 16-17 Letting oil industry off the hook June 2004 35-37 Canada’s Inuit in battle to save the planet Feb 2005 16 It’s not so much the number of people… June 2004 8-10 Your restaurant meal probably not fresh Feb 2005 30-31 Oil firms must share blame for corruption June 2004 34 2004 Nobel Peace Prize goes to environmentalist Feb 2005 17 World Bank review nixes oil, coal funding June 2004 37 Beware mercury in tinned tuna March 2005 28 Enbridge’s activities in Columbia blasted Jul/Aug 2004 21-23 Calgary only city with A+ sewage system March 2005 25 Subsidizing fossil fuels supports addiction Nov 2004 31 Primates are not inherently aggressive March 2005 32-34 Time to realize days of cheap oil are over Dec 04/Jan 05 26 Hey, Ralph, it’s time to clean up March 2005 29 Only political fossils prefer fossil fuels Dec 04/Jan 05 30-31 Reliance on farm technology not a boon March 2005 14-15 Students call for clean alternative energy Dec 04/Jan 05 27 U.S. created monsters it seeks to destroy March 2005 38 U.S. Iraq attack all about oil Dec 04/Jan 05 21-24 Everything you need to know about Kyoto April 2005 15 Alberta’s oil riches created by OPEC Feb 2005 12-13 World food in grip of global giants April 2005 23 The Chinese bid for our oil reserves Feb 2005 6 Global warming taking toll on Canada’s North April 2005 37 Inaction could leave millions in the dark March 2005 13 More people in cities than in rural areas April 2005 34-36 Hiding electricity privatization’s ill-effects April 2005 19 Ethanol not good for the environment April 2005 11 Ethanol is not good for the environment April 2005 11 Health,Health, Health Health Care and Care Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceuticals Environment, Ecology Ecology and Agriculture and Agriculture 10 myths on direct-to-consumer drug ads May 2004 16-17 Brazilian rainforest being hacked down May 2004 22-23 Cancer rate in Sweden falls… May 2004 3 Bush “twisting science for political ends” May 2004 17 Supreme Court to hear Medicare complaint May 2004 21 Farm crisis caused by greedy corporations May 2004 1, 6-7 Workers exposed to cancer-causing chemicals May 2004 24-26 Industrial farming has huge hidden costs May 2004 32-34 Cancer establishment ignores main causes June 2004 1, 6-7 NAFTA’s environmental watchdog might work May 2004 20 Ask to see school board’s vending contract June 2004 12-14 Apocalypse now June 2004 17 P3 hospitals bad for patients, care-givers June 2004 15 Cancer establishment ignores main causes June 2004 1, 6-7 If we eat junk food, we become junk June 2004 40-42 Fable of the drunken Esso captain June 2004 35-37 Access to drugs only part of solution Jul/Aug 2004 12-13 It’s not so much the number of people… June 2004 8-10 Air pollution linked to lung cancer, etc. Jul/Aug 2004 30 Environmentalism can curb corporations June 2004 33-34 Big Pharma unhappy with $638 billion sales Jul/Aug 2004 14-16 If we eat junk food, we become junk June 2004 40-42 Communities banning use of pesticides Jul/Aug 2004 42 Air pollution linked to lung cancer, etc. Jul/Aug 2004 30 Short drug survival guide Jul/Aug 2004 15 Gov’t, individuals can reduce Footprints Jul/Aug 2004 33 Conspiracy to deny tobacco’s lethal effects Sept 2004 10-12 Overpaying for cheap De Beers diamonds Jul/Aug 2004 36-37 Fast food killing us. Alternative: slow food Sept 2004 36-37 Gov’ts should do more to protect farmers Jul/Aug 2004 39 For-profit hospitals drive-up costs Sept 2004 3 Communities banning use of pesticides Jul/Aug 2004 42 Difference between fast food and slow food Sept 2004 36 More people buying fair trade coffee Jul/Aug 2004 18-20 Lack of transparency in drug regulation Sept 2004 13 Jobless youth could do environmental work Jul/Aug 2004 4 Ontario’s new health premiums unfair Sept 2004 14-15 Measuring our Ecological Footprints Jul/Aug 2004 32, 34 Social democracies give good health care Sept 2004 8 Factory-farmed crops lack nutrients Sept 2004 31 Cuba teachs how best to fight HIV/AIDS Oct 2004 26 Water shortages imperil world food security Sept 2004 15 Taxes cut to reduce Medicare funding Oct 2004 10-11 More people are rejecting GM foods Sept 2004 24-25 Concept of sustainable development flawed Nov 2004 26-28 ii CCPA Monitor Index, Volume 11 Date Page(s) Date Page(s) “Happy” drugs can also make us miserable Nov 2004 25 LabourLabour Provinces got federal loot, Ottawa the bag Nov 2004 14 B.C.
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