National Citizens Inquiry
Healthcare
Alberta’s COVID-19 Report Clearly Shows the Way
Alberta’s Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel has made 90 sound recommendations which that, frankly, all provinces should enact. The panel chaired by Preston Manning examined whether the province needed better structures and legislation to handle public...
Paramedic Scarlett Martyn: Impact of Vaccine Mandates
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Dr. Jessica Rose Testifies About VAERS Data and COVID Models
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Canadians on the Move, to Smaller Communities
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
Leadership Needed in Canadian Healthcare; Apply Within
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
A Neo-Feudal War on the People
An author should be pleased to see his thesis bolstered by events. Yet since writing The Coming of Neo-Feudalism in 2020, I have not found any joy in the continued growth of the West’s class divides, as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in ever fewer hands. The...
Jordan Peterson: National Citizens Inquiry – Truro Hearing
Canadian psychologist, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson who is also an author, online educator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto spoke out today about the Canadian response to COVID-19. Dr. Peterson's prerecorded testimony was directed to the...
Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Healthcare and The Definition of Insanity
What’s wrong with Canada’s healthcare system? Dysfunctional systems, wait lists, not enough doctors, and not enough beds. Those are just the obvious ‘starters’ in a long list of problems that are keeping Canadians from accessing medical care. Tossing more money at the...
What Was the Point of Denying Natural Immunity?
On Nov. 13, 2020, just as the vaccine was being rolled out (surely a sheer coincidence that it was just after the election), the World Health Organization (WHO) made a hugely significant change to its website. It pertained to the section on herd immunity—the concept...
A Provincial Remedy for the Ills of Medical Assistance in Dying
When "Medical Assistance in Dying" (MAID) was decriminalized in 2016, that result apparently confirmed a powerful social bias in favour of personal freedom. Presented as a free choice -- affecting no one else -- euthanasia seemed acceptable to most Canadians. However,...
Ottawa’s Provincial Health-Care Deal: What Kind of Fix?
The current Liberal government might achieve a windfall in popularity from concluding agreements on health care with each of the provinces. Perhaps the agreements will be used as the trigger for an early election. It is impossible to evaluate the deals without...
Evidence Mounts on Governmental Pandemic Failures
The late U.S. president Ronald Reagan liked to say the nine scariest words were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Governments did a lot of “helping” during the pandemic, and some statistical analysis suggests results more frightening than any virus. In...
Peckford: Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal
Canada-No Bargain at All-Canada’s Health Deal —The Federal Government Out Manoeuvred the Provinces — What Happened to Provincial Rights —That’s When the Rubber Hits the Road! Walk in the park —the Feds never worked up a sweat! Forgone conclusion! As I keep saying—-how...