The Double Whammy of Defunding Universities
As I’ve blogged about here, federal funding for post-secondary education (PSE) in Canada is decreasing. Between 1985-1986 and 2007-2008, annual federal cash transfers to Ontario for PSE (in constant 2007…
Health Care
Looks Like Dr. Kellie Leitch of Simcoe-Grey Made Her Choice a Long Time Ago
It appears that hundreds of health professionals are now putting Harpercon MP for Simcoe-Grey, Kellie Leitch on the hot seat in an open letter, basically reminding her of that pesky…
This Week in Alberta – Premier Mar?
We're under a month away from the first round of voting in the PC leadership race, and it's still difficult to get a handle on the contest. I'd assumed it…
In Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands
Ok, for lack of anything original, I’m going to do a variation of what DeBeauxOs did earlier over at Dammit Janet. Boys ‘n’ girls, how do you spell ReformaTory? C-A-N-C-E-R.…
Stevie Harper’s Conservatives Show Just How Spiteful They Are As They Go After a Widow Of an Asbestos Victim
Yep, no holds barred with this gang of miscreants. That asbestos lobby is just so damned important to them that they won’t let a widow of a man who died…
So When Does This Become a Crisis?
I walked into the Emergency Department one hot morning a couple of weeks ago and found every last stretcher — twenty-five beds, including the two we try to reserve for…
Well, Well, I do Believe Somebody Touched a Nerve, Mr. Penninga
Wassamatter, Mr. Penninga? Somebody’s having a bad day, I see. Doncha just hate it when people when folks ask questions and think outside the box? Before you have a hissy…
Hugh wants a “do-over”?
Today’s Freep has a piece by Dan Lett in it about how Hugh McFadyen and his team are “holding their fire” in this “pre-writ” period. I say, “pre-writ” period, because…
Do No Pass Go! No Soup for You!
The thing about Hugh McFadyen that sets off people’s bullshit detectors is his penchant for resorting to stunts that are cheap, cheesy, and perhaps worthy of a Junior running for…
Where, oh where?
On Monday we had Ian Rab and Myrna Driedger parroting the claims of the Winnipeg Scum that the government was beng unethical because they announced programmes and services for Manitobans.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your midweek reading.- Stephen Gordon weighs in again on the Cons' census disaster:Many readers may have thought that the census issue was settled last summer; it wasn’t.…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Trish Hennessy's latest Numbers consist of a comparison between Canada and other OECD countries...featuring some great news on the social front:84Percentage of Canadians, on…
Health Advisory Council Meeting
So, this isn’t city business but I know people are interested in the state of healthcare in our city and the province so when I got notice of this in…
Health Advisory Council Meeting
So, this isn't city business but I know people are interested in the state of healthcare in our city and the province so when I got notice of this in…
Health Advisory Council Meeting
So, this isn't city business but I know people are interested in the state of healthcare in our city and the province so when I got notice of this in…
Health Advisory Council Meeting
So, this isn’t city business but I know people are interested in the state of healthcare in our city and the province so when I got notice of this in…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your long weekend.- Sixth Estate's evisceration of the Fraser Institute continues, this time with a response in substance to the claim that private-sector rent-seekers will somehow…
Rethuglicans Despise Regulations Except To Regulate What They Don’t Like & Andrea Mrozek Says That Roe V Wade is Anti-Democratic
There are only three clinics that provide abortions left in the state of Kansas. That is three too many for the Rethuglican Kansas governor. like many other state governors, this…
thou shalt be thin: obesity hysteria and the eating disorder epidemic
This ad for Yoplait Light reduced-calorie yogurt, which I saw on TV last Sunday night, was supposedly pulled from circulation. The National Eating Disorder Association petitioned General Mills because the…