Armchair quarterbacks
Everyone obviously has an opinion about the iPhone 5, but sometimes it’s just funny to read. Here’s one (from the obviously well-respected Woz, but still): Arrogant Apple should build a…
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Hospitals: Let’s get the cuts out in the open
When faced with underfunding, should hospital CEOs make clear the consequences, or should they quietly find ways to cut services that may be less noticeable to the public? For the…
ConCalls: Israeli Ambassador Told Canadian MP to Stay Home
A little strange news linked to the election fraud of last year: The Liberal MP Borys W., who led the case to have Etobicoke Centre’s results overturned successfully, was once…
Tired of the high cost of hospital parking? Try not paying
If there is one universal issue that irks Ontario hospital patients, it’s hefty parking charges. In many towns the only “pay” parking is at the hospital. Where there are commercial…
Divide and Conquer…
Logging of old-growth forest mulled by B.C. government CBC online Oct 10, 2012 Can anyone think of a more emotional hot point to distract BCers from the resumption of the…
(Almost) The Last Picture Show….
Granville’s last movie theatre closes CBC online Oct 10,2012 I was shocked to read that this is the last of the Granville theatres..when I left Vancouver a few years ago,…
You Had Me (Choking) at Affordable…
This morning, I had to control my urge to laugh while reading: Affordable Housing Canada: Housing Boom, Government Cutbacks Create ‘Rent Squeeze’ by Rachel Mendleson in HuffPost Oct 4, 2012…
Last days of free market capitalism and the true believer
Being an unapologetic capitalist is not all that it’s cracked up to be. John Hancock, senior counsellor at the World Trade Organization, was sweating profusely as he told his audience…
Patient-based nonsense
Patient-based health care: Take away the phrase and the Minister of Health’s speeches would be little more than clean white sheets of paper. There is an air of unreality when…
Obama
While at the Hoover Dam, we were told there were no tours available. We later found out it was not a technical issue and there was a VIP in a…
Maybe the LHIN CEO was referring to Grease, the musical
Bill MacLeod told an Insight conference last week that the deficit was Ontario’s burning platform, that the province was “this close” to being Greece. Generally speaking, it’s a bit more…
Pope Says Gays Aren’t Fully Developed Humans Who Threaten Families
In a speech to French bishops last week, Pope Benedict XVI announced that gay people aren’t fully developed humans and are threatening families. While I’m sure very few gay people…
Justin Trudeau as a Prime Minister?
I have no idea what to think of this yet. I plan to read up on his opinions over the next while. All I know so far is that he’s…
An Ill conceived Treaty with ZERO public debate…
Ever since my University days, I have been interested in Trade Theory, and the potential benefits of reduced trade barriers. Despite the strong currents opposing `globalisation`around the world, the last…
The Rankin Family
Sad morning in Canadian country/folk music as word spreads that Raylene Rankin of The Rankin Family has died of cancer at 52 . She passed away in hospital in Halifax.…
Welcome Home, Omar…..or not…
Khadr eligible for parole next summer, lawyers say Let no one say that there be no trolls in this day and age…just read some of the comments at CBC online…
Crusty Does Alberta…
B.C. premier heads to Alberta for pipeline talks Christy Clark and Alison Redford to discuss Northern Gateway concerns CBC online, Saturday Sep
Hardship: Sorry, none to spare
It is only people who face adversity who have the best stories to tell. No one wrote a book about a perfect family, where nothing ever went wrong. Maybe that…
Rona, are You Paying Attention?
Democracy 101..When a person of either gender is elected to office, and then appointed to a Ministry, (s)he is obligated to vote based, not on personal belief, but on the…
More managers to front line staff has an impact well beyond cost of salaries
Asking how the ratio of management to front line staff has changed at a public hospital seemed like a straight-forward question. In this era of obsession with hyper-efficiency, you’d think…