[imc-canada] Headlines for NOV 5th, 2008 (CKUT News Department)

[news at ckut.ca]

Nov 5, 2008

This week in brief:

-World Bank president announces cancellation of millions of dollars of
Haiti's massive debt; critics say his comments were misleading.
-IMF delays Haiti's entrance into the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
inititative.
-Quebec announces cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for fourth straight year.
-As Jim Prentice becomes Minister of Environment, the Conference Board
of Canada reports that Canada among the worst industrialized countries
for environmental standards.
-200 protestors march against oil sands development at Fort Chipewyan
in Northern Alberta.
-Quebec Law that prevents migrant farm workers from unionizing is
unconstitutional: UFCW
-President of International Trade Union warns that migrant workers
could be the first to lose jobs in global financial crisis.
-Barack Obama elected president of USA in historic election. CKUT
gauges public reaction to the news at Monteal universities.

WWW:

http://www.ncra.ca/exchange/dspProgramDetail.cfm?programID=77362

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