Will advanced IT be the saviour of Ontario hospitals?
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has a simple vision: better data, better decisions, healthier Canadians. It does appear at times that we are drowning in data, raising the…
2014
Democracy Itself
Pierre Polivevre has met all criticism of the “Fair” Elections Act with a mantra of talking points and — in the case of Marc Mayrand and Sheila Fraser — ad…
Rob Ford Nature Special by Jimmy Kimmel
It is really funny. The great white Ford.
Why hasn’t Charles Sousa returned this family’s call? Why hasn’t John Baird helped them?
Imagine having four young kids, a professional wife who helps you run a school, and that you do a lot of charity work – raising money for orphanages and whatnot.…
More musing on TO’s mayoralty marathon.
Obviously the Olivia Chow campaign team must know something we do not. It is hard to believe that John Tory’s mayoralty campaign is that far ahead? It is the only…
OMG it’s SFH for CUP, FWIW
Canadian University Press, for which I used to supply copy as a Charlatan guy, is holding a fundraiser next Wednesday night. SFH and the Snipes will be there, with punk…
Le PQ de Pauline a-t-il perdu à cause du vote ethnique?
Le ectoplasme du «prochain» référendum s'éloigne maintenant que le Parti québécois (PQ) a été défait dans scrutin provincial québécois. Après un cycle électoral acrimonieux et débordant d'allégations de corruption, d'insinuations…
Le PQ de Pauline a-t-il perdu à cause du vote ethnique?
Le ectoplasme du «prochain» référendum s’éloigne maintenant que le Parti québécois (PQ) a été défait dans scrutin provincial québécois. Après un cycle électoral acrimonieux et débordant d’allégations de corruption, d’insinuations…
Major Muskrat Costs Missing #nlpoli
As of April 4, Nalcor was “still in the process of negotiating and letting some large contracts for the project.” That’s the reply the Telegram got from Nalcor about missing…
The Contempt of Stephen Harper and the Shame of Pierre Poilievre
Well nobody can deny that they were made for each other. Or made of each other.With Stephen Harper usually being the mouth, and Pierre Poilievre the other end.For there was…
Rob Ford and the Beast of The Great White North
Well his campaign isn't doing too good lately. It's a little wobbly like Rob Ford himself. Decent people don't want anything to do with him. Or let their children anywhere…
If Albertans can’t trust actuary’s conclusions, why did AHS hire the same firm? Hint: it’s not the firm you can’t trust
The Alberta Health Services computing division, figuring out how much they spend on consultants this quarter, hard at work. Actual Alberta health bureaucrats may not appear exactly as illustrated. LETHBRIDGE…
Occupying Homelessness?
Homelessness isn’t a policy thing regarding random people. It’s a thing for actual people. It’s not abstract, it’s in our face, yet we live in denial. Clearly, I’m no brain…
I’m back
And I think I’m just in time to watch the so-called Fair Elections Act go down in flames. First, we find out that moving elections investigations to the AG department…
$36-million for a cup? Some people are just too rich
It’s called the chicken cup because it’s got chickens painted on it. The world’s highest priced birds, in fact. The cup fetched $36.1-million, including commission, at Sotheby’s spring auction in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Packaged cats.
Quebec Election Shows Hypocrisy On Clarity Act
Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren't just wrong, they're hypocritical.Since the close defeat…
Quebec Election Shows Hypocrisy On Clarity Act
Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren’t just wrong, they’re hypocritical. Since the close…
Quebec Election Shows Hypocrisy On Clarity Act
Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren't just wrong, they're hypocritical.Since the close defeat…