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Presents information on organizations which may demonstrate against globalization at a meeting of world leaders at an economic summit in Genoa, Italy. Efforts of the city to prevent violence and crime during demonstrations; Prediction that activity at the summit may be worse than protests in Goteborg, Sweden, in which hundreds were arrested and dozens injured; View that the radical surge in protesting presents a moral dilemma for mainstream organizations who make up the core of the antigloblization movement.

This article focuses on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was sworn in on Feb. 6, 2006 as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Harper is one of the youngest Prime Ministers Canada has had, and his forthright nature may shock the country. Although his Conservative Party has a minority 124 sears in the 308-seat House of Commons, Stephens is resolved to fulfill his campaign pledges. Those pledges include a clean-government accountability act, a cut in the GST, guarantees on health-care waiting times, and direct cash payments to families for child care. INSETS: TORY POWER CIRCLE;HOW CANADA VOTES.

This article focuses on the 2006 Canadian elections. Support for the Liberal Party is decreasing due to the political corruption in the party, and polls show that Canadians want a change, with trust in Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper on the rise. Prime Minister Paul Martin seemed poised for a return to office, but after the Dec. holiday break, 55% of Canadians said they had a favorable impression of Harper.

Focuses on the efforts of Canadian's Conservative Party, led by Member of Parliament Stephen Harper, to force an election in the spring of 2005 to oust Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin. Description of a two-hour convention of the Conservative Party during which Harper criticised the government and energized the party to take down the Liberal government; Influence of the Gomery inquiry into a Liberal sponsorship scandal on Harper's desire to overthrow Paul Martin; Polls indicating that the Canadian people do not support a new election and see the Conservatives' antics as a political maneuver.

Discusses the impact of factors such as pollution, factories, predators, and overfishing on the Great Lakes. How the U.S. and Canada have spent millions since 1999 to clean up pollution linked to industrial waste; Recovery of the endangered fish populations in places such as Lake Ontario where coho salmon were once struggling to survive; Restrictions associated with using the lakes to fuel the water supply which are supported by environmentalists and scientists; Plight of the residents of Waukesha, Wisconsin to use Lake Michigan water due to the condemnation of their local water supply due as a result of radium poisoning; Conservation associated with hydroelectric and nuclear power; How urban sprawl is affecting decreasing lake levels.

The article focuses on Prime Minister Paul Martin, who is presiding over Canada's first minority government in 25 years. Canadians will be watching the government carefully. Minority politicking can be a rough ride, but history suggests it can also be productive. Past minority governments created the Canada Health Act, the national pension plan, the U. S.-Canada Auto Pact, even the Maple Leaf flag. For now, there are huge pressures to make the 38th Parliament last. One of the easier issues this Parliament will have to face should be health care, the topic of a critical federal-provincial conference this summer. Martin's immediate task will be choosing a Cabinet. A minority government presents the country with a strategic problem that rises above partisan politics. Americans who have grown accustomed over the past decade to the predictable policies of their northern neighbor will be unnerved by the battles between left and right-not to mention the possible revival of Quebec separatism.

The article looks at the electioneering of Canadian political party leaders for the election of June 2004. Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper looks disciplined, focused and difficult to fluster under a barrage of hostile questions on such hot-button issues as abortion and same-sex marriage. In one national survey, he outpolled Prime Minister Paul Martin and New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton for his performance as leader of his party. Put it all together, and this is shaping up to be one of the closest, most exciting federal elections in decades. Amid the miasma of uncertainty, dissatisfaction and even loathing, Ontario stands out as the main province in which the parties can still make substantial gains. Judging by the number of campaign visits that the national party leaders are making to the province, they understand Ontario's significance.

Discusses the role of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in upholding the reputation of the Liberal Party amid discoveries that the money of taxpayers was misspent by the government. Involvement of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in the sponsorship scandal; How Auditor General Sheila Fraser investigated the legitimacy of government contracts that awarded advertising firms with commissions for questionable or nonexistent projects; Problems associated with the lack of political rivals for Liberals in Canada; How Martin ordered the development of legislation that would ensure clarity between ministers and public servants.

Profiles Michael Stark and Michael Leshner, the first gay couple to legally wed in Canada. Consideration of the decision made by an Ontario Court of Appeals to grant marriage licenses to gays and lesbians; Public support for gay pride at the annual parade in Toronto; Growth of social liberalism in Canada in 2003; Efforts of Toronto lawyers Martha McCarthy and Joanna Radbord to pass laws in the legislature for same-sex couples; Views from former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard on the disintegration of the traditional nuclear family; How several social-conservative groups hope to quell liberalism.

Discusses religion and spirituality in Canada. Percentages pertaining to religious beliefs in the various Canadian provinces; Places where religious discussion and debate is beginning to happen, such as in pubs; Numbers and percentages pertaining to religious groups in Canada; Reasons for the increase in religious and spiritual interest in Canada; Reasons why people dropped their faiths before, such as busier lives; Role of spirituality, such as self healing, in modern day Canadian society; Controversy and decline of the Catholic Church; Comments on religious and spiritual experiences of Canadians.

Jean Charest, the new Quebec premier, will turn 45 on June 24, 2003 -St. Jean Baptiste Day, a celebration commemorating the patron saint of French Canadians. So just imagine: the youthful and energetic Charest, flanked by his ruling federalist Liberals, blowing out his birthday candles, with not even one whisper of the word" sovereignty" on Quebec's official holiday. For the first time in a decade, Quebec has a premier who doesn't feel he has to discuss sovereignty on every important occasion. By the time of his birthday, Charest will have been in office less than two months, but the image of him in the minds of Canadians was formed when he defeated the separatists in the Quebec election on April 14, 2003.

Focuses on accused or suspected members of terrorist networks based in Canada. Question of how much of a presence terrorists have in Canada; How Canada's significance as a way station is magnified by its shared border with the U.S.; Role of Canadian intelligence and law enforcement services; View that there are more things Canada can do in the war on terrorism. INSETS: The Trail of Mohammed Mansur Jabarah;What Else to Do?.

Discusses the opposing plans to the Kyoto accord in Ottawa, Canada. Debate on the cost of rolling back global warming; What Canada is willing to sacrifice to produce less pollutants; Mobilization of anti-Kyoto forces; Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's vow to ratify by December 2002.

Addresses the rivalry between Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and former Finance Minister Paul Martin Jr. Competition between the two several months prior to the Liberal national convention; Thoughts on the political leadership of the Liberal Party; Conditions of the Canadian political landscape. INSET: The main arena of Liberal Party politics is the national . . ..

Focuses on the biotechnology industry in Canada. Research on an experimental drug which is a genetically-created version of growth-hormone releasing factors; Mention of Theratechnologies and Nexia Biotechnologies; Work being done by Affinium Pharmaceuticals in the field of proteomics.

Reports on the revolution in health research in Canada. Way that technology, including advanced magnetic resonance imaging scans, is changing the face of Canadian medicine; Role of Canada's post-baby boomer generation of medical experts; Increase in funding for medical research; Growth in caliber of Canada's medical institutions, including Toronto, Ontario's Amgen Research Institute; Mention of Tak Mak, head of the Amgen Institute; Discussion of genetics research.

Focuses on young entrepreneurs in Canada. Growth of the economy due to new businesses; International focus of the companies; Interest of the younger generation in entrepreneurialism and risk taking.

Focuses on the outlook for Quebec after the resignation of Premier Lucien Bouchard. His decision to leave politics and spend more time with his family; His opinion that he could do no more for the separatist movement in Quebec; Impact of his resignation on the Parti Quebecois.

Reports on the 2000 federal election results in Canada. Victory of Liberal Party leader Prime Minister Jean Chretien; Results of the opposition, including Canadian Alliance candidate Stockwell Day, New Democratic candidate Alexa McDonough, and Progressive conservative candidate Joe Clark; Power gained by the prime minister because of his win; Predictions regarding possible cabinet appointments.

Focuses on 'Canada: A People's History,' a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) documentary on the history of Canada. Expense and length of the Canadian documentary; Details of the series, including its elaborate cinematography; Management of the series by the CBC's Canadian History Project. INSETS: Making History--Digitally, by Sandy M. Fernandez et al;The View from the South, by Thomas Fleming;The Landscape Artist.

Reports on the stock market in Canada as of April 17, 2000. High performance of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) since November 1999; Lack of much-needed capital on the Canadian market; Challenges to the Canadian market, including the arrival of electronic exchanges that cull buy and sell orders on the Internet; Creation of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), a market for small-cap firms and start-ups.

Discusses Canada as a powerhouse of creativity and cultural exports trade as of summer 1999. The artistic voice in publishing; Canadian identity in the entertainment industry; Nelvana, the largest independent animation company in the world; Government subsidy for the arts; Survey of Canadians about their culture; Amount of money spent on books, computers, charitable donations, vacations, and camping; Percentage of households with electronic products such as camcorders and color televisions; Internet use.

Focuses on the successes of Canada with its participation in the Organization of American States as of June 28, 1999. Role of Canada as a dominant economic player and its emergence as a global trading nation with its trade to other countries; Examples of its presence in Rio De Janeiro, Chile and Colombia; Effects of its Liberal government on its economic success; Support of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) initiative; Details of the FTAA; Comments from economist John NcCallum and others; Outlook. INSET: The FTAA? Who Cares?.

Examines how parents might influence their children to be better students. How parents can teach hard work by example; Making learning fun; Reading to children; View that grades are not the most important factor; Letting children follow their interests; Mentor teacher. INSET: A Parent's Guide: What You Can Do to Help.

Discusses the Canadian Supreme Court's decision that Quebec has the right to secede from Canada. Speculation that Canada is on the brink of ideological warfare; Separatist leader Lucien Bouchard's acknowledgment of legitimacy of referendum; Comments of Prime Minister Jean Chretien on the decision; Politicians' reactions to the court decision.

Reports that Canada is suffering from brain drain of skilled workers and specialists to the United States. Departure of Java computer language inventor James Gosling and Noble economic laureate Myron Scholes; Doubling of Canadians moving to the US; Ground level impact of the exodus. INSET: Have we got a job for you! by Margaret Feldstein.

Focuses on efforts of Toronto's police investigators in the child-exploitation section to crack down on Internet child pornography. Case involving pictures of a 6-year-old girl being degraded and tortured that Paul Gillespie, who heads the department, wanted to locate; Clues to the girl's whereabouts provided in the 450 images found on an Internet newsgroup; Success of the Toronto investigators in locating the girl, giving the U.S. FBI the information needed to find the girl and arrest her abuser, which turned out to be her father.

This article focuses on the political scandal involving the ad firm Groupaction Marketing and the Liberal Party of Canada. In his sensational testimony at the federal inquiry into the C$250 million sponsorship scandal, the head of the now defunct ad firm Groupaction Marketing, Jean Brault, depicted a corrupt environment in which he says he received lucrative federal contracts by funneling more than C$1 million to people within and close to the Liberal Party of Canada. To keep the money flowing in-and the kickbacks going out Brault says he submitted fake invoices on behalf of the Liberals, put party supporters on his payroll for no-show jobs and circumvented election-campaign laws by, among other things, having his employees contribute to the Liberals and then reimbursing them. Linked together, Brault's tales of misdeeds attached a chain to the neck of Prime Minister Paul Martin's government. Inquiry commissioner Justice John Gomery will be hearing from more witnesses in the coming weeks.

Reports that Wal-Mart is closing the doors of a Quebec facility after the employees unionized. The chain which relies on nonunion labor to keep prices lower than other retailers; Belief that if United Food and Commercial Workers union has cracked the code for how to organize Wal-Mart, the company could be in trouble; The union which make take legal action against Wal-Mart charging them with bad-faith bargaining; How the efforts in Canada are spreading to other parts of Wal-Mart empire; Reaction from Wal-Mart; Collective bargaining which will continue between the union and the company regardless of the store's closing; Some workers who don't feel they need union representation.

Focuses on the 29th Toronto International Film Festival. Controversy surrounding the Montreal documentary called "Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat"; Effort of animal-rights activists to have the film removed; Defense of the film by festival co-director, Noah Cowan; Tradition of the festival having famous Canadian directors; Details of Carole Laure's film, "CQ2 (Seek You Too)"; Short films such as Guy Maddin's "The Heart of the World" and "Sissy Boy Slap Party"; Discussion of "Sombra Dolorosa".

Discusses the plight of Canadian Prime Minister to keep his position in the upcoming election. Success of the Liberal campaign in southern Ontario and Quebec; Grievances from voters who do not trust government officials because of the sponsorship scandal; Criticism of how the Liberals allowed the private delivery of health care, for cutting taxes, and for signing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change; How the Liberal advertisements attack the Tory fiscal policies; Appeal of conservative leader Stephen Harper among Canadians.

Discusses the reaction of students at Memorial University to the political debate between Prime Minister Paul Martin and New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. How Layton criticized the ways Martin has tried to reduce national debt; Compliments from Martin on Layton's views on cities, the environment, health care, and education; Speculation about the upcoming election for prime minister in Canada; Impact of the sponsorship scandal on the plight of Canadian liberals to stay in government; Differences of opinion among the candidates regarding health care.

Evaluates the relationship between Canada and the United States. Effect of the September 11 terrorist attacks on both Canadians and Americans; Belief that Canada must become more involved in international relations; Police and military cooperation between Canada and the United States; Importance of Canada being involved in missile-defense plans for the continent; Necessity of developing a powerful Canadian lobbyist group in Washington, D.C.

Focuses on controversy surrounding antiterrorism legislation in Canada, part of Canada's crackdown on security. Efforts of the government, including Defense Minister Art Eggleton and Solicitor-General Lawrence MacAulay, to get parts of Bill C-36, also called the Anti-Terrorism Act, and C-42, known as the Public Safety Act, enacted; Details of how both bills were fostered in the ad hoc Cabinet committee on security that Prime Minister Jean Chretien established; Role played by the United States. INSET: New Targets?.

Reports on the efforts of officials in Canada to increase national security after terrorist attacks in the United States. Concerns that Canada has links to terrorist Osama bin Laden's network; Measures that may be taken to ensure the safety of citizens; Description of antiterrorist initiatives.

Discusses the security measures at the 2001 Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Quebec. Efforts to protect the heads of state from protesters including the erection of a chain-link fence and the establishment of security checkpoints; Objection of the protesters to the creation of a free trade area in the western hemisphere; Possibility that the protests could turn violent.

Focuses on Stockwell Day, leader of the Canadian Alliance Party. Ontario as the central focus of the Canadian Alliance; Opinion of Day that he is a fresh alternative to Prime Minister Jean Chretien; Fears of critics that Day will use his power to impose an extreme agenda on the country; Importance of building his eastward strategy; Persuasiveness of Day. INSET: PERCOLATING HOPE.

The article discusses a year long celebration by Quebec City, Canada to mark its creation in 1608. The celebrations will take place at historical sites such as Place Royale, the site of French explorer Samuel de Champlain's house. Samuel de Champlain was the explorer to found Quebec City. Singer Céline Dion will be performing a concert at the Plains of Abraham, the site of the final battle in 1759 where the British conquered New France.

The article profiles Francine Bond and Julie Bercier, who are credited with saving the elementary school in the small village of St. Magloire, Quebec. Due to a rapidly declining population, the school was to be closed, but Bond and Bercier formed a committee which provided incentives for families who relocated to the village, particularly families with children. Due to their efforts, the school will remain open, until at least 2008.

This article focuses on Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's campaign for reelection in the Jan. 23, 2006 Canadian elections. Two weeks before the vote, Martin's campaign is running out of energy. The Liberal party spent the first half of the campaign laying low, which ceded precious ground to the Conservatives who, lead by Stephen Harper, have carefully laid out a sturdy platform. The Liberals are having a hard time getting their message across, and their lead is dwindling; the Conservatives are ahead.

Reviews a series of Canadian films exhibited in the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. "Lie with Me," directed by Clement Virgo and starring Lauren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour; "C.R.A.Z.Y.," directed by Jean-Marc Vallée; "Familia," directed by Louise Archambault; "The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico," directed by Michael Mabbot and starring Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Levon Helm.

Focuses on what Canadian cities are doing to prepare for the possibility of a London-style bombing on their public transportation systems. Simulated rescue mission run by the Emergency Preparedness Center in Montreal's Victoria Square on May 14; Claim by experts that such exercises are rare in other Canadian cities, which are not prepared for this type of attack; Statement from Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin that Canada is prepared to respond to global terrorism; Efforts of Canada to bolster its national security since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.

This article focuses on the Parti Québécois (P.Q.). The fortunes of Quebec's sovereignty movement have shifted with tidal regularity over the past 50 years. And--brace yourselves, federalists--those fortunes now look to be swinging, Bay of Fundy-like, from ebb to high. André Boisclair, 39, a P.Q. whiz kid, is the latest to catch his party's surge. Reappearing on the political scene after a year away to study public administration at Harvard, the 15-year P.Q. veteran last week declared he would run for his party's leadership, a post that opened after the surprise resignation early this month of P.Q. leader Bernard Landry, who felt that he did not command sufficient rank-and-file support. Before the sponsorship scandal erupted in the winter of 2004, the P.Q. was adrift. Today its prospects appear stronger than they have in years. Popular support for increased Quebec sovereignty is above 50%.

Profiles Chris Landreth, creator of the 14-minute animated documentary called "Ryan," focusing on animation pioneer Ryan Larkin. Story of Larkin, an animator whose career disintegrated due to drugs and alcohol; Awards won by the movie, including an Academy Award in 2005; Larkin's return to his craft, and creation of a cartoon called "Spare Change."

Examines the struggle between Prime Minister Paul Martin and the man he replaced, Jean Chrétien over the "Adscam" scandal that shook Canada last year with allegations of fraud and corruption at senior levels of the Liberal Party; Turnabout in Martin's attitude towards Chrétien whom he blasted when the story broke; Suggestion that he is trying to heal party wounds; Background on the scandal; Results of an inquiry which have still to be released before the next chapter in the blame game.

Discusses how the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) revoked the broadcasting license of radio station CHOI-FM, because of the rantings of shock jock Jeff Fillion. Debate in Canada over freedom of speech, political correctness, and the role of the CRTC in regulating radio; Attacks made by Fillion on-air about the federal government which refuses to intervene in the case; How Fillion openly criticizes the Quebec sovereignists and other political elite; Protests from fans who wish to have the radio show reinstated.

Discusses the efforts of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to separate himself from the political sponsorship scandals. Goals of Martin to improve the ways Canadians regard their elected officials; Testimony of Liberal Cabinet Minister Alfonso Gagliano at the hearings; Ability of Martin to end practices such as patronage appointments and illegal contracts for political supporters; Consideration of the negative stigmas associated with the Liberal Party; Focus on the Quebec City speech given by Martin.