a reflection on the Global Summit held in Toronto

Program Title: GroundWire July 5 - July 19: GroundWire Goes to the G20:
Description: Headlines:

- Pacific Rim, a Canadian mining company, files a $100 million lawsuit
against El Salvador

- Energy company Enbridge confirms $400 million expansion plans in
northern Alberta

- Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QUAIA) make this year's Pride
Parade in Toronto a political affair

- Bill C-31 to prevent senior prisoners from collecting Old Age
Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement payments

- As Canada Post seeks a new president, members hope to elect someone
committed to keeping its services public

Features:

- The human cost to the G20: Thousands decry excessive force and mass
detentions and call for a public inquiry

- G20 leaders renew their commitment to bilateral trade and other
agreements not yet disclosed

- Missing from this year's agenda: Previous commitments made to Africa

- Indigenous sovereignty: Treaty rights and Canada's poor treatment of
First Nations

Community Report:

- - Alternative media under attack:
A significant number of independent journalists looking to
document the meetings and protests at this year's G20 summit
experienced physical attacks, verbal abuse and illegal arrests at the
hands of members of the Integrated Security Force. The Toronto Alternative
Media Centre reports on what their member journalists experienced while
covering stories on the ground this past June.

This edition was produced at CKLN (Ryerson U, Toronto).

Hosts: Oriel Varga and Murphy Brown from CKLN (Toronto).
Production by: Jacky Tunistra and Susy Alvarez (CKLN)
Headlines by: Frieda Werden, Joel Barde and Anabel Khoo
Features and Community Report: David Parker (AMC/CKDU), Omme
Rahemtullah (CHRY), Steffan Christoff (CKUT), Oriel Varga and Joeita
Gupta (CKLN), and Kristiana Clemens (CFRC)
Music: "The G20 Dub" by Progress

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Host(s): Oriel varga and Murphy Browne
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Credits:
This edition was produced at CKLN (Ryerson U, Toronto).

Hosts: Oriel Varga and Murphy Brown from CKLN (Toronto).
Production by: Jacky Tunistra and Susy Alvarez (CKLN)
Headlines by: Frieda Werden, Joel Barde and Anabel Khoo
Features and Community Report: David Parker (AMC/CKDU), Omme
Rahemtullah (CHRY), Steffan Christoff (CKUT), Oriel Varga and Joeita
Gupta (CKLN), and Kristiana Clemens (CFRC)
Music: "The G20 Dub" by Progress

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