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September 2005: Selling Sickness
Drug companies profit hugely from creating “diseases,” then the “cures” How the World’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan…
September 2005: The Recurrence of Fascism
Today’s corporate dominance eerily similar to pre-fascist era in Europe Observing political and economic discourse in North America since the 1970s leads to an inescapable…
Curing the Addiction to Profits
A Supply-Side Approach to Phasing out Tobacco Download 402.13 KB170 pages Curing the addiction to profits: A supply-side approach to phasing out tobacco offers a…
Take tobacco out of the hands of business corporations—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa) – Because the public health goal of reducing tobacco use directly conflicts with the tobacco industry’s profit…
Is globalization losing momentum?
Canadians have been told for years by politicians and business leaders that we have no choice but to adjust to the dictates of economic globalization.…
June 2005: Time to Tame Corporate Power
CEOs expect gov’ts to serve only them—and most gov’ts do As I was scanning the latest documents describing WTO negotiations on its services agreement, the…
June 2005: Where the Maple Leaf Wins No Respect
Canadian mining operations tarnish our image in developing nations As I prepare for a trip to Europe, I am relieved to know that Canada’s image…
State Policies to Enhance the New Economy
A Comparative Analysis Download 288.01 KB31 pages
May 2005: When Profits Get Priority Over Health
Vioxx disaster exposes the dark downside of corporate rule Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee looking into the Vioxx-induced heart attacks of an estimated 100,000…
May 2005: The U.S. in the New Economic World Order
U.S. can’t keep relying on other countries to pay for its imperial excesses Empires collapse usually due to a combination of military overreach and economic…
New CCPA report makes the case against more corporate tax cuts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Despite outraged business and media reaction to the NDP’s demand for rescinding a new round of corporate tax…
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