Renovate or start over — which way forward for the LHINs?
“The LHINs tell me time after time that they do not have the autonomy you say they do. They do as you tell them to do.” – Liberal MPP Donna…
January 2014
US and Canadian public health care costs compared
Despite the lack of universal public insurance, U.S. governments actually spend much moreon health care than Canadian governments. Public sector health expenditure in the U.S.A. accounts for 8.5% of the…
Paternity Testing in Ontario: Perhaps Damned If You Do, But Certainly Damned If You Don’t
Paternity testing, in most cases, is requested in applications in which child support is sought from a putative father, necessitating a declaration of parentage under sections 4 or 5 of…
Chow beats Ford. Tory, Stintz don’t.
It’s that simple. There’s a few analysis pieces in the papers this morning about the anticipated Toronto mayoralty race. Hepburn says some Liberals are fretting about who to support. They…
Waterhouse & Gillberg: Why Autism Must be Taken Apart
The belief that there is a single defining autism spectrum disorder brain dysfunction must be relinquished. – Waterhouse and Gillberg, Why Autism Must Be Taken Apart I am not going…
Extreme Weather Events Escalating Around the World
The HawkkeyDavis Channel on YouTube does an excellent job of compiling extreme weather events from around the world at regular intervals during the year. Here’s the end-of-the-year compilation for 2013.…
Silence of the Labs
Silence of the Labs is the title given to the Fifth Estate presentation coming up on CBC this Friday which anyone concerned with the future of Canadian scientific research, indeed…
Steve Lipsky Responds To Report Clearing EPA of Wrongdoing in Fracking Water Contamination Study
Steven Lipsky’s phone was busy on the morning of Christmas Eve. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General had just released its report concluding the EPA was justified in intervening to…
Why the Economy Will Cost the Cons the Next Election
The other night I wrote that if the Stephen Harper and his hapless stooge Jimbo Flaherty wanted to run on their economic record, they should be my guests or be…
Dunderstan #nlpoli
In January 2012, Ed Martin and his nasally drone ridiculed the idea of shifting demand for electricity from one part of the day to another so that his company wouldn’t…
Moncton’s Fashion Magazine: Pink Blitz
Moncton, New Brunswick, has a fashion magazine. Moncton. New Brunswick. I'm not from Moncton. I've been here the latter part of a decade. My first impression of Moncton: people are…
Cheap T-Shirts Keep Harper in Power
Whenever I read stories about corporations wanting to do the right thing, I never hold my breath. Clothing corporations, the sector where “sweatshops” originates, want us to believe they care.…
Stephen Harper and the Insane Con Clown Posse
OMG. Can you believe Lord Harper and his monstrous Con clowns? What will they say or do next?Who will save us ??? And is there no JUSTICE ??!!!! I mean…
All these train derailments making pipelines an easier sell….
Lac Megantic, Alberta, North Dakota, New Brunswick…it seems we can’t go a week these days without a train tragedy happening involving rail cars carrying crude oil. A buddy of mine…
All these train derailments making pipelines an easier sell….
Lac Megantic, Alberta, North Dakota, New Brunswick...it seems we can't go a week these days without a train tragedy happening involving rail cars carrying crude oil. A buddy of mine…
Funny, it never seemed "easy" to get near PM Harper before…
Case in point: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of performing more rigorous background checks on people showing up at his campaign events than advisers he…
All these train derailments making pipelines an easier sell….
Lac Megantic, Alberta, North Dakota, New Brunswick…it seems we can’t go a week these days without a train tragedy happening involving rail cars carrying crude oil. A buddy of mine…
Struggling financially? Read ‘The Wealthy Barber Returns’
I’m 47 years old, and if you’re around my age or older you’ve probably heard of or read David Chilton’s book ‘The Wealthy Barber’. I’m certain that Mr. Chilton is…
Struggling financially? Read ‘The Wealthy Barber Returns’
I'm 47 years old, and if you're around my age or older you've probably heard of or read David Chilton's book 'The Wealthy Barber'. I'm certain that Mr. Chilton is…
NDP-Grit coalition to defeat Rob Anders? Unlikely! This is a Tory civil war
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, glares at Rob Anders, far right (as it were), Canada’s Worst MP, as challenger Ron Liepert, centre, with an unidentified vole who is not authorized…