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OK, The Border got panned. the consensus is that it gets a narrowly failing grade. There another new series to shred, The Guard is a Canadian Coast Guard based show that seems to focus on personal and institutional disfunction and neurosis. On the other hand, I'll say again - Canadian shows...

Damn! You got me! I think compromise is not so much the issue as information is. Let me rephrase if you would. Privatization for privatisation's sake is the practice of idiology - miss spelling intended  ;) In Alberta that's exactly what's gone on. Sorry if I come out like a knob, That's...

I was wondering if this would come up. ;D Yes, It's prime time crap meant distract the masses. Even I spotted some the glaring errors mentioned, but you know what? It doesn't matter. What's depicted is a Canadian version of the sophisticated tough guy image that frankly we're not used to. I...

That's probably a fair point.  We have turned this into a public vs. private debate and I have said that it's the wrong question in addition to the wrong answer. To be honest I don't know much about the european systems of healthcare. But I do know "Americanizing" our system is a non-starter...

At my business and at home I have been offered contracts rather than to continue with the default program set out by government. Consumers in Alberta have been badgered and pressured for years to sign on the dotted line. One scheme even mailed out $100 cheques - if it's cashed , we have a deal...

:cheers: Actually, we might get some change here in Alberta. King Ralph is gone and we might just NOT continue the PC dynasty. Sorry, I don't assume a large corporation is going to be any more responsive to my issues or any one else's. Just like the energy deregulation - I'm free to sign a...

So, I think we can agree that the trouble with healthcare today is - drum roll please - The suits who are mis-managing it ....... The bloated bureaucracy and the shortage of training can be directly linked to bad choices made by government in the 80's and 90's. The trend to train fewer nurses...

Recce Soldier, What methods do you imagine they would develop that they are not free to develop now?  I can describe several initiatives that have occured in the existing system.

Sorry-You are correct.  I should have said  :P  that ratcheting up prices will not happen where there are many practitioners and this will cause some to move into more specialized fields where the margins are better.  Does that fix it? Remember, it takes about a decade for a specialist to be...

In the context of insufficient resources and too few physicians, I think my examples stand. If a GP is payed $35 per visit in a highly regulated system, it's reasonable to assume removal of regulation will bring about a price increase.  I suggest Alberta's energy deregulation as an example. ...

We can at least agree here. When I contemplate maximizing my profits ( I'm self employed ). I have two choices. 1. Reduce costs - ie. services rendered 2. Increase revenue - ie. push the price up All business will do a combination of the above. In a pure business model ( which you are...

Sorry T6  - I agree with you on just about every other topic. I have to disagree here.  Ever walk into a plastic surgeons office? Not like most doctor's offices - very posh and lots of fashion mags around. My point is there is a profit motive here and demand is created and not simply met in...

This is a long standing Canadian problem. You can't blame American corporations for taking advantage of an opportunity. For many many years we have been willing to sell off our best and brightest even to the degree of being demonstrably against our best interests. Remember when trains had...

When Canadians talk about a "two tiered health system" I think this is our future. The notion that the upper tier won't affect the existing system is specious. Clearly, in the UK there is a funding issue but in Canada decisions like this are made quietly every day.  You miss appointments, you...

Um, How do we feel about this? I spotted it in the Edmonton Journal. Opinion Article Link I don't know what the truth is, but a major source of hers seems to be Scott Taylor and her tone is one of defeatism and the usual smug airs of the journalistic class. Anyhow, It'd be interesting to...

Colin P. To add your arguement I would point out that you have forgotten that Saddam was already being  rearmed Illegally. Gas masks and protective gear was an early find during the war and the Russian Anti-JDAM system figured prominantlyin the news. I don't see a rational choice for JWB othe...

Funny this thread should stsrt up again........ ;) Last night I was awakened by one of our small grey female cats. She was wet from her bath. Why did my wife give her a bath at considerable personal risk? Because while she was reading in the living room, Elley parted the fireplace screen and...

True enough to needle point and hang on a wall - if only it were worded more...... anyway.......+1  ;D Even though Canadians identify with democrat values more easily I just thank God in heaven John Kerry didn't win the last election. Would have been bad for America - Would have been worse for...

Hmmm, No one yet has mentioned that Nixon was no peach either. And of course Clinton's inability to deal with AQ at the outset. GWB worst since WW2? There's enough blame to go around.... ;D

All of that is unfair nonsense. There are other forces at work that have influence other than one particular president.  I think you are buying the Dems line.