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…
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…
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…
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…
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):…
Well, boys ‘n’ girls, it looks like this is the moment many have been waiting for; the moment where Francois Legault’s fictitious party becomes a reality. He is to announce…
Monday, October 24 saw another day dedicated largely to discussion on the Canadian Wheat Board - with the Cons simultaneously declaring that there's nothing to debate and failing to respond…
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Jeffrey Sachs muses that the Occupy movement may just be the beginning of a sea change in American politics:Both parties have joined in crippling…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Wells speculates as to what comes next for the Harper Cons once their first set of legislation is rammed through a majority Parliament.…
No, not at that dreadful site, Prowoman Pro-fetus. Her other activity, as manager of research and Communications at the Institute of Stepford wifery. You, boys ‘n’ girls, perhaps know it…
The main topic of debate on Thursday, October 20 was the Canadian Wheat Board - with extensive discussion in Parliament of both the Cons' steps to shut down debate, and…
If you work in the North, you’re familiar with the scene: patients in gowns, riding wheelchairs and trailing IV pumps scrambling over snow banks and icy walkways and braving frostbite-inducing…
Well, it’s now official. The NDP’s motion brought to the House of Commons to ban the sale of asbestos was struck down today. By a vote of 152-123 this evening…
The above image is a ruger mini-14 semi-automatic. Tell me, boys ‘n’ girls, does that look like something that would be required to shoot ducks and other game? I didn’t…
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province,…
Oh those Crazy Rethuglicans! Gotta hand it to them, they’re nothing else, if not rip roaringly entertaining at times! It seems, they’re particularly nuttier when they fight each other in…
After reading Chrissie Blatchy’s latest scrawlings, just when I think she can’t get any nastier or more insane, she does! It’s why, where I used to think that before I…
Niagara Health is taking a beat down lately. First it was an uncontrolled C. difficile outbreak, then a provincial administrator was appointed to deal with the outbreak, and now this:…
A research paper published by the Canadian Breast Cancer Network underlines that the economic costs of cancer are huge due to a lack of supportive public and workplace policies. As…
Assorted content to end your week.- Frances Woolley points out just how much more efficient public-sector health services are compared to private-sector alternatives by contrasting the cost of surgery on…
