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Editorial

The new world of journalism can be a frightening place for old school reporters, especially those who subscribe to the H.L. Mencken ideal of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

In an era where corporate monopoly ownership of mass media has become the norm, increasingly, "the comfortable" are the press, print and broadcast combined in this new world called convergence, where cheaper is better and the bottom line dictates the services that are provided.

The law's the law, Stock

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Editorial

Canadian law has a new champion; at least a champion for the Canadian law that protects large multi-nationals from abuse from the federal government.

Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day threw on his satiny cloak of righteous indignation in October, and demanded to know why Health Minister Allan Rock would dare break the patent law of Canada by purchasing the generic (read cheaper) form of Cipro, the drug that fights the Athrax virus, from a company that does not hold the rights to make that drug.

The law's the law, Stock

Page 4

Editorial

Canadian law has a new champion; at least a champion for the Canadian law that protects large multi-nationals from abuse from the federal government.

Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day threw on his satiny cloak of righteous indignation in October, and demanded to know why Health Minister Allan Rock would dare break the patent law of Canada by purchasing the generic (read cheaper) form of Cipro, the drug that fights the Athrax virus, from a company that does not hold the rights to make that drug.

The law's the law, Stock

Page 4

Editorial

Canadian law has a new champion; at least a champion for the Canadian law that protects large multi-nationals from abuse from the federal government.

Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day threw on his satiny cloak of righteous indignation in October, and demanded to know why Health Minister Allan Rock would dare break the patent law of Canada by purchasing the generic (read cheaper) form of Cipro, the drug that fights the Athrax virus, from a company that does not hold the rights to make that drug.

The law's the law, Stock

Page 4

Editorial

Canadian law has a new champion; at least a champion for the Canadian law that protects large multi-nationals from abuse from the federal government.

Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day threw on his satiny cloak of righteous indignation in October, and demanded to know why Health Minister Allan Rock would dare break the patent law of Canada by purchasing the generic (read cheaper) form of Cipro, the drug that fights the Athrax virus, from a company that does not hold the rights to make that drug.