Category Archives: Health care

Hardly a budget

Reaction on Thursday was predictable. The Green Party said Jim Flaherty delivered a budget that was “tough on nature”; the Ottawa Citizen said he delivered one that “includes major changes to … the size of government”; the Communications Workers of … Continue reading

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Double-talk hiding Ontario’s debt troubles

Despite his hard-won reputation for unreliability, I pay attention when Dalton McGuinty talks, about Ontario’s debt or anything else. I know I can count on him … to be misleading in important ways.
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Drummond offers no real relief

Premier Dalton McGuinty is getting pseudo-tough on spending. He even paid Don Drummond $1,500 a day to chair a Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, whose 362 sensible recommendations delivered Wednesday won’t help.
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A cross-border health care crisis

If Barack Obama were elected Prime Minister of Canada, how would he fix health care? It is not an idle question.
American politics is necessarily interesting to Canadians for several reasons. It’s inherently fascinating, even horrifying, because it’s so exuberant. In … Continue reading

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Why your health isn’t your own business

How much is your life worth? Oh dear me no. I don’t mean to you or your family. I mean to the Finance Ministry.
You see, news out of Britain informs us that their government just isn’t willing to … Continue reading

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