Briarpatch articles from December 2000

Briarpatch archives from December 2000

On the road to women's equality: the World March of Women in 2000.
December 1, 2000... This year, Canadian women marched alongside women in 159 countries to call on governments to respect and promote women's basic human rights. Across Canada, the campaign stretched across diverse communities, cultures and races. Women around the...

Childcare & the public opinion paradox.
December 1, 2000... If low-cost childcare services were widely available to Canadian families, the opportunities for women in the paid work-force would improve and rates of family poverty would be reduced. In addition, mothers would reduce the stress of balancing...

Garbage, garbage, garbage: Toronto Council dumps the Adams Mine project.
December 1, 2000... In mid-October, the City of Toronto approved the Adams Mine near Kirkland Lake, Ontario as a future dump site. One week later, the city scrapped the idea, as neither it nor the consortium for the project wanted to risk the financial costs of...

No vacancy: challenging the "growth is good" philosophy.
December 1, 2000... A cherished component of all democratic nations is the inalienable right of its citizens to unrestricted freedom of movement. As Canadians and Americans, we therefore have the ability to move freely throughout our respective countries and to...

Right to work: the culture of the cotton fields comes to Saskatchewan.
December 1, 2000... Last time it was the Devine Tories. In the late 1980s the Saskatchewan Tories managed to harness enough fear, resentment and agreed to elect what has arguably been described as the least competent and most corrupt government in Canadian...

Roy Romanow's legacy.
December 1, 2000... In September, ending months of rampant speculation about his future, Roy Romanow announced that he will be stepping down as Premier and leaving politics forever. A skilled politician and gifted orator, Romanow played a crucial role in...

Briarpatch interview: Nettie Wiebe.
December 1, 2000... As we go to press, there are six candidates to become the new leader of the NDP in Saskatchewan. Nettie Wiebe is one of them. She farms at Laura, Saskatchewan and served as Women's President of the National Farmers Union from 1989-1994. In...

Trading in freedom: the WTO and the commodification of democracy.
December 1, 2000... At a recent conference on globalization, I had a startling realization about the World Trade Organization (WTO). While we have been right in arguing that the WTO serves to erode democracy throughout the world, it occurred to me that it does...

Planet Earth: the latest weapon of war: a critical study into the military and the environment.
December 1, 2000... Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War A Critical Study into the Military and the Environment by Dr. Rosalie Bertell The Women's Press Ltd. London, UK, 2000. In her latest book, Dr. Rosalie Bertell writes: "We have been confused by the...

Localization: a global manifesto.
December 1, 2000... Localization: A Global Manifesto by Colin Hines Earthscan Publications, London, UK and Sterling, Virginia, USA. 2000 By now most of us know the horrors inflicted by the forces of globalization. At the beginning of his book, Colin...

Levi's children: coming to terms with human rights in the global marketplace.
December 1, 2000... Levi's Children: Coming to terms with human rights in the global marketplace by Karl Shoenberger Atlantic Monthly Press In the global economy, it seems that good guys are destined to finish last. In the garment industry - the most...

Farewell (from George Manz and he leaves Briarpatch).
December 1, 2000... This is my last issue as editor of Briarpatch. For the last decade, I have been blessed with working full-time with some of the most gifted writers, photographers and cartoonists, talented staff members, a supportive board of directors, and the...