Patient-based nonsense
Patient-based health care: Take away the phrase and the Minister of Health’s speeches would be little more than clean white sheets of paper. There is an air of unreality when…
2012
How to Reduce Household Food Waste
It was recently found out that Canadians waste a lot of food, 51% of which is wasted inside the home. This means that there are ways that each individual can…
Oct. 2: Ask, just ask,………
and you will receive… Re: Request for Information – RTIPPA An environmental investigation was completed in 2012 for the Highfield Square Mall property located on Main Street. Not all areas…
The Newhouse School’s PR Department is Hiring
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication is hiring a new chair of the Public Relations Department and two new tenure-track professors. The importance…
More Confirmation of Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled from DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder: But NO ONE CARES
Emily Singer has published an article at SFARI, Proposed guidelines won’t miss autism cases, study says, which appears to suggest that persons who would meet DSM-IV PDD-NOS and Asperger’s will…
Reading The Wentrails
As noted by this gentleman on facebook, Margaret Wente’s tri-weekly column has not appeared in a week. Was her punishment for this kind of thing a suspension?
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Star recognizes the danger facing anybody who tries to convince a Con MP to listen to constituents’ concerns – as the…
Harper picks Quebec Appeal Court judge for Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has chosen Justice Richard Wagner of the Quebec Court of Appeal to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Wagner becomes…
I’ll Have a Veggie Burger, Please
In light of the widespread dissemination of tainted beef by XL Foods, one has to ask the role changes made by the Harper regime in Canada’s food inspection process played.…
GovSpeak Translator #nlpoli
A “forgivable loan” is another way of saying that a private-sector company is getting a free gift of public-sector money. -srbp-
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 2, 2012: 5 questions about the future of Omar Khadr Ontario Court jails man twice for…
Our first swap box
GC and Rosie and I installed a swap box in the Enchanted Forest in honour of Elmaks. Turns out none of us are especially handy with a drill. Rosie played…
Andrew Coyne’s Connections to Free Market Think Tanks; Disclosure Lacking
Andrew Coyne, the former editor of Macleans magazine, founding opinionator for the National Post and frequent political pundit on CBC, has a rather long history tying him to free-market think…
Justin Trudeau, Prat Falls and Private Sorrow: The Man We Do Not Want as Prime Minister
Justinn Trudeau is supposed to announce his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada today. This is bad news for the Libs, and good news for the…
Fight The Right!
It’s finally out today. You can get it on Amazon, iTunes, Chapters/Indigo, through Random House, as an ebook, a book book, or whatever. But two copies and I’ll mow your…
Engaging The Young
Today — when Justin Trudeau formally enters the Liberal leadership race — his mission, Lawrence Martin writes in the Globe, will be to shake up the system: At 40, Justin…
Duets for Abdelrazik
Montréal -based activist Stefan Christoff sits onstage at a wooden bench in La Sala Rossa on The Main. A small crowd has gathered on a chilly Sunday evening in April.…
Truculent Guitar Blastocyte
Sister Mary Xtron the Destroyer and her accompanist, Sister Mary Catherine Crudlik-Pamby (of the Space Ship BingePowder) will be in the Trans-Vatican this week for a limited engagement, entertaining His…
A middle class pitch
There’s a certain dynamic going on in Canadian politics that you may not have noticed. Or, maybe you did because you’re a sharp cookie. A broader angle that gets lost…