And so it has come to this - A System which sees its top Judge speak despairingly about people who later are to come before the very system over which he presides. A System that sees the Prime Minister of this country violate the Conflict of Interest law five times...
So, how bad is Canadian healthcare?
National Citizens Inquiry
I was fortunate to reconnect with Aaron Gunn at a journalism conference in Toronto who has just released an excellent healthcare documentary – Waiting to Die. It is a must see which reveals how Canada’s healthcare system, of which so many of us are so proud, is...
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
What is the end goal for a policy that deals with drug addiction? That’s the key question that political leaders and societal stakeholders should be considering as they announce ever more alarming initiatives in an attempt to limit the number of drug-overdose deaths...
National Citizens Inquiry
Kristin Ditzel’s story speaks volumes about how an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine has changed some Canadians’ lives, and how little support they receive. On March 16, 2021, the practitioner of Chinese medicine took a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine so her...
Big Topics & Big Ideas
It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious...
Manitobans deserve access to quality health care – not fear and misinformation from union-funded interests. This past week, the province announced the expansion of a partnership with Winnipeg-based Cerebra Medical to provide access to at-home sleep disorder...
It’s Not Just Trudeau —But All The Federal Leaders In Parliament And Even More So The Premiers Of The Provinces And Leaders of The Territories—It’s a System Problem Not a Party Problem. One of the most frustrating parts of being a freedom fighter and a defender...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivers her victory speech in Calgary on May 29, 2023, after winning the provincial election. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh) It’s time to move on. The Alberta election is over: Danielle Smith is the premier and that means it...
The dominos continue to fall in Canada’s rapidly imploding healthcare system. This week, the spotlight is on British Columbia’s cancer patients who have been waiting months to undergo radiation treatments. As a result, BC Health Minister Adrian Dix has...