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Canada's health care system is broken. A new documentary examines how to fix it. Watch for FREE – HealthReformNow.ca
Crime? Fixing roads? Nope! The City of Calgary takes action to crack down on a 9-year-old boy’s swing -
BELL: City of Calgary lays down the law to a 9-year-old boy having fun calgarysun.com/opinion/column…
"If Canada doesn’t want to end up with massive new tariffs from the United States and wants to compete in the global marketplace, politicians in Ottawa must have the courage to stand up to lobbyists and defend the biggest interest group of all: Canadian consumers." My latest 👇
JAY GOLDBERG: Will any party stand up for Canadian consumers? torontosun.com/opinion/column…
The country that is shipping fentanyl into Canada and interfering in our elections?
Opinion: Let’s free ourselves of the U.S. and forge closer ties with China theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
Did you know the Windsor Regional Hospital has wasted $3 million over the last decade on running failing Tim Hortons restaurants? Money that could have been spent helping patients, down the drain. And the @WRHospital continues to double-double down on this waste.
Former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay, director of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, explains how politicians just kneecapped nearly every Canadian exporter by exempting our globally detested dairy supply management system from trade talks … forever and how…
Politicians just kneecapped nearly every Canadian exporter by exempting our globally detested dairy supply management system from trade talks, former Liberal minister explains nationalpost.com/opinion/how-a-…
When I went to Europe, I was really surprised at how amazing the food was. Could this be a part of why their health care is better? Let me know what you think!
3 million Canadians face long diagnostic waits & bureaucratic barriers to life-saving treatments. Is there hope for a fix? Nigel Rawson & John Adams outline how adopting a Rare Disease Act, streamlined approvals & sustainable funding can help Canadians - macdonaldlaurier.ca/rare-disease-s…
Would you believe it? Yet another area of Canadian health care where waits are getting longer. Thanks to @iedm_montreal for this report!
This is no laughing matter:
Bankrupt @justforlaughs Montreal comedy festival that owes creditors millions receives $1,859,000 from federal gov’t. @ISED_CA Minister @melaniejoly announced the subsidy for her hometown: “Congratulations.” blacklocks.ca/got-2m-in-bank… @BenBankas #cdnpoli
Once again, a Canadian team fails to win the Stanley Cup... But there's a way to help make Canadian teams more competitive, while making life better for everyday Canadians!
The most significant thing Canada could do to stop Putin would be to export more oil and natural gas. Then the world could cut back on buying Russian energy and Putin would have fewer dollars to buy tanks & rockets. DefundPutin.ca
I spoke with Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer, President @EmmanuelMacron, President @ZelenskyyUa, and close allies today as part of the Coalition of the Willing. We reaffirmed our united support for Ukraine’s sovereignty — and together, the coalition affirmed our collective…
We should all hope, pray, cross our fingers, etc. that Supply Management is part of trade negotiations. Even if it doesn’t help with trade talks, it would save families hundreds each year! secondstreet.org/2023/01/15/tru…
Trump threatens a 35% Canada tariff, up from the current two-tiered rate of 10% and 25%. The letter is silent on whether current exclusions for USMCA-compliant trade will be extended.
Behind the scenes of the taxpayer-funded memo being written.
Feds' $393,000/yr @ChiefSciCan in draft memo pondered studying contact with alien civilizations thru space-time continuum. Dr Mona Nemer assigned 7 staff to "Sky Canada" project at an undisclosed cost. blacklocks.ca/search-for-ali… #cdnpoli #cdnfoi
Video interview with @DomLucyk of @SecondStreetOrg. @Interior_Health waitlist deaths on the rise, but correlation does not imply causation For a sixth straight year, the number of people who died while on Interior Health’s (IH) waitlist for surgeries or diagnostic work rose.…
Interior Health waitlist for health care at six year high x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
With new data from B.C., the total of Canadians who have died waiting for health care has risen once again. Tens of thousands. Dead. These aren't just numbers ‒ they're people. People let down by a broken system, who died without receiving the care they needed.
Interior Health region (B.C.) health care waitlist deaths: 2024-25: 1,586 (new data released today) '23-'24: 1,444 '22-'23: 1,491 '21-22: 1,233 '20-21: 874 '19-20: 767 A six-year high. Clearly, the problem is getting worse: we need health reform now.