Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Owen Jones discusses how the new outbreak of war-mongering toward Iran is indistinguishable - both in its insistence and its utter lack of connection…
Health Care
Danielle Smith doesn’t have a plan yet for running public health care, but just like Donald Trump she’s got a concept of a plan
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t have a coherent plan for running public health care yet, but yesterday she revealed that, just like her hero Donald J. Trump, she has a…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt discuss how the Trump regime has used the power of an authoritarian state to impose costs…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jim Stanford offers a reminder of the problems with treating raw GDP as a proxy for well-being or social development. Dario Radley highlights…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adrienne Lafrance discusses how the clock is ticking - but not quite yet run out - to check Donald Trump's assertion of absolute…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Gil Duran examines the false claim of an "emergency" underlying Donald Trump's tariff manipulations - along with the dangers of allowing a dictator…
Want an explanation for the UCP’s health care shell game? Follow the money
There was another big health care announcement by the Alberta Government yesterday, the second in as many days, this one about the further deconstruction of Alberta Health Services and the…
Danielle Smith’s ‘patient-focused’ funding scheme means hospitals will need to game the system
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith claimed yesterday a new “patient-focused funding model” planned for Alberta hospitals “will increase transparency, lower wait times and attract more surgeons – helping deliver better health…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Moira Doneghan discusses what the leaked Signal war crime planning among several top Trump regime officials says about how decisions are being made within…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jamelle Bouie discusses the rot within the U.S.' political system which is raising the prospect of imminent constitutional collapse. Malcolm Nance points out how…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Max Stier discusses how Elon Musk's all-out assault on the U.S.' public service is contrary to every principle of competent management, while Pamela…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martinez Rosas offer a reminder that Donald Trump's attempt to pit immigrants against other workers serves only to distract from…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Cox writes that the combined cruelty and incompetence of the new Trump oligarchy should remind us of the need to tax the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Canada is currently failing to carry out any energy transition, as any expanded use of renewables is only being added…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Will Noel, Lia Codrington and Scott MacDougall examine the lessons to be learned from jurisdictions who have been making a successful transition to renewable…
the reaction to a murder: this is why we must protect and expand public health care
Discussion and debate about health care is a staple in Canadian politics and the culture at large. The adjective most often applied to the system is used so frequently, it…
Homelessness planning during COVID
I’ve written a book chapter on the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness planning in Canada. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview:https://nickfalvo.ca/covid-19-and-homelessness-planning-in-canada/
Calgary Cancer Centre to open on Oct. 28; Alberta premier promises miraculous ‘future without cancer’
There were seven uninformative canned quotes in the Alberta Government’s news release yesterday announcing the imminent opening of the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary on Oct. 28,…
Everybody understands the point of the UCP’s ‘Scrap the Cap’ ads is to use taxpayer money to campaign against the Liberals
Surely everybody understands that the point of the United Conservative Party Government’s $7-million “Scrap the Cap” scare campaign announced yesterday is to use Alberta taxpayers’ money to campaign against the…