The Weakest Link
There has been much criticism worldwide over national governments’ failures to act quickly enough to contain the spread of Covid-19; one needs only look at the frightening death tolls in…
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Doctor Aggie’s H’Answer #nlpoli
“What do I have to do to get you to listen?” health minister John Haggie asked rhetorically and with considerable exasperation at Monday’s daily COVID-19 briefing. Haggie was ranting once…
Pay and benefits for long term care workers must be protected — and not just during the COVID-19 crisis
It should be obvious by now that if a society wants to keep long-term care for the frail and elderly from turning into a deadly nightmare during pandemics, it must…
The cycling I’m doing during the COVID-19 lockdown
There are countries where the distancing and isolating measures enacted include a total prohibition on cycling. But Canada isn’t one of them. And until Theresa Tam or Vera Etches tells…
How We can Track COVID-19 and NOT Invade Your Privacy
To figure out the spread of COIV-19, or other diseases, the technique of contact tracing gets used by researchers to decipher who is likely to have been exposed. When too…
CoVid19: Federal Relief Initiatives for Canada’s Employers, Employees, and Workplaces
Bradley Waese, CPA, CA, Managing Partner of SF Partnership, LLP joins @wiselaw‘s Garry J. Wise in discussion about the federal government’s CoVid19 relief initiatives for employers, employees and workplaces. Information…
Number of active COVID cases in NL declines dramatically #nlpoli
Newfoundland and Labrador is already emerging from the first wave of the COVID-19 infection. The data from the provincial government’s daily COVID-19 media briefings is clear. Starting on April 6,…
Canada’s universal single-payer health care system is our best vaccination against the neoliberal virus
Who would have thought a decade ago, or even six months back, that Canada’s chances of surviving as a unified country would be better than those of the United States?…
Checking In
How are you? Are you okay? The Soapbox family is fine. We’re the lucky ones, we’re doing reasonably well under the circumstances. We check in with each other every day.…
BoJo Recovers, Thanks NHS Profusely
My great hope is that he’s now less of a jerk. https://t.co/Xt0aX4E6KJ — Paul Doroshenko, Q.C. (@PaulDoroshenko) April 12, 2020 The UK’s PM has apparently recovered from a serious COVID-19…
Pandemic: The Lessons On Offer
To say that our current Covid-19 global crisis is causing us to rethink many things is to state the obvious. Far and wide, people are coming to new understanding about…
Jason Kenney offers medical equipment to Ontario, Quebec and B.C.; pitches national solidarity on resource development
One hates to play the skunk at a tea party, but somebody needs to ask the question a lot of Albertans must be thinking. To wit, if less than a…
April 11 COVID News
The following COVID-19 news articles and information resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and…
Coronavirus Questions – and Explanations
Can anyone do basic math? Does anyone fact check? Does anyone question the media or the government? Another $2 trillion was just announced by the US Federal Reserve to…
COVID-19: Take care of your mental health too.
One of the twitter feeds I follow commented that since mass social/physical distancing and self isolation has taken place, every day is like the other – the news is the…
Docs fight Alberta pay cuts in court, seeking $250 million, while battling COVID-19 on the front lines of health care
Yesterday morning, Christine Molnar, president of the Alberta Medical Association, announced that the province’s doctors are launching a constitutional challenge and seeking $250 million in compensation from the United Conservative…
April 9 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
On Covid-19 Fake News
I received a lovely note the other day from a reader named Rose. While I am pleased she finds my blog a useful resource, I am also happy that she…