barney frank’s radical homosexual agenda and other greatest hits
We can say two things about Congress in the wake of the news that Rep. Barney Frank is retiring after this term: It’s about to get a little dumber, and…
Health Care
the dirty truth we’ve been expecting: harper government takes the first step in destroying universal health care
So the Harper GovernmentTM finally uttered the words we’ve been expecting and dreading: health care. We all know what they’re up to. It’s the standard reactionary playbook on public health…
Flarethy’s Bomb Before the Holiday
Right before holidays is usually the greatest time to dumb documents that you don’t want to know about. Our Finance minister follows suit with this bad tradition, and dumb the…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lawrence Martin notes that the Cons’ push for yet more layers of bureaucracy is based purely on a desire to cater to prejudice…
Is Money Enough? The Meaning of 6% and Flaherty’s Health “Plan”
A shorter version of this piece was posted on the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab As Christmas presents go, this one was a shocker: Over lunch on Monday, cash-strapped Finance…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kady highlights the Cons’ combination of complete incompetence in rejecting positive amendments to their dumb-on-crime bill, and dishonesty in pretending not to…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – Dan Leger worries about the consequences of the Cons’ faith-based government: Despite the big majority and many years left in its mandate, the…
Conservative Health Transfers
During the federal election, I noted in a Toronto Star op-ed that the federal Conservative platform entails significant fiscal costs for provincial governments. I accepted the Conservatives’ promise to continue…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom notes that based on the Cons’ Kyoto embarrassment, Canada is now the odd man out on the world stage when…
Iowa ABC GOP Nomination Debate Analysis
The following is an assortment of unordered commentary on the people, politics and policies from the Iowa ABC/Yahoo GOP nomination debate. Gingrich vs Romney et al: This was the first…
Zero sum
CBC’s story on the double role that the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region’s head of surgery Mark Ogrady was set to play with a private surgical clinic whose very existence depends…
We want a Provincial Election! Now!
Dear Christy Clark; The people of BC want an election to be held, as soon as is possible. Your Cabinet is operating without a mandate from the people. The people…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Dr. Dawg highlights the fact that a shift toward private charity doesn’t do anything to escape the Cons’ politicization of public services, as…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Emily Dee takes a first look at what may be a highly important story about the Cons’ use of the notorious right-wing…
Medical update: I could do better if ‘good enough’ wasn’t still good enough
It’s been quite some time since I had the run of tests for HIV and diabetes, in part because of my fear of the results, so today’s news was quite…
Don Drummond predicts health care will consume Ontario budget by 2030
Don Drummond speaking at the CD Howe Institute Therapy or Surgery? A Prescription for Canada’s Health System examines the state of health care provision in Canada, and offers a staunch…
Got Mine. Got Yours?
The flu shot, that is. I got mine yesterday. And no, I did not get any flu-like symptoms. So get it over it, and go get the shot. Now. Especially…
Economist: Universal Health Care is Good!
A new report done by top economist warns Canada that it should stay with Universal Health care. It states that although Health Care spedning is growing too fast for revenue’s…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom suggests that the systematic eviction of Occupy camps from Canadian cities may only help the movement to evolve from its…
Now 2-Tier Health Care
Having linked to Allen Thompson’s column on the Cons’ immigration crackdown this morning, let’s note one of the significant changes the Cons are making for medium-term Canadian residents (emphasis added):…