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Would the PCs slash health spending even further?

opseudiablogue wrote 1 month ago: The Ontario PCs have released a new video with finance critic Peter Shurman suggesting the Liberals … more →

Tags: Tim Hudak, Peter Shurman, Tory cuts in health care spending

Are Canada's business leaders justified in being so pessimistic about the economy?

Rebecca Walberg wrote 1 month ago: According to a number of indicators highlighted in a recent study by the OECD, Canada is poised to e … more →

Tags: Executive, Leadership in HR, Risk Management, Bill Cunningham, Canadian economy, Deloitte, Mark Carney, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, U. S. Economy

Scott Stinson: Don Drummond puzzled by Ontario Liberals' 'bashful' response to damning public services report1 comment

Scott Stinson wrote 1 month ago: Don Drummond, the man whose name is often cited by opposition politicians at Queen’s Park as evidenc … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Ontario Government, ontario liberals

Full Pundit: There are no virgins in the political whorehouse

Chris Selley wrote 2 months ago: Cynical politics? Fetch the smelling salts! “The public is of course entitled to be outraged, and sh … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Full Pundit, Supreme Court of Canada, Politics, Jim Flaherty, Tom Flanagan, christy clark, British Columbia Liberal Party, Elizabeth Cannon

Star Editorial: Health care: Why can't we talk about change?

Star Editorials wrote 2 months ago: Nearly everyone knows the fundamental problems with Canada’s universal health care system: It costs … more →

Tags: Opinion, Editorials, Fraser Institute, Health Care 2

Don Drummond and His Band - Don De Lion

Sal Paradise wrote 4 months ago: Don Drummond är livsfarlig på trombonen. Ska är en svängig jävla genre som jag önskar att jag var me … more →

Tags: Eclectic Feel Good, Ska

The best of Diablogue in 20122 comments

opseudiablogue wrote 5 months ago: It’s time for us to take our seasonal break and wish the best of the season to all our readers … more →

Tags: "long term care", hospitals, P3 Hospitals, Local Health Integration Networks, Deb Matthews, Canadian Blood Services, ontario shores centre for mental health sciences, Glenna Raymond, Norma Gunn

10 Insights from the Action Assembly Weekend2 comments

opseudiablogue wrote 6 months ago: “Either I pay taxes or have my mother live with me,” said Neil Brooks with a sly smile. Brooks, co-a … more →

Tags: Ontario Health Coalition, Action Assembly Weekend, Canadian and American taxes, Donna Metcalf Woo, Dr. Michael Rachlis, Ethel Meade, Gary Countess, Gary Engler, Hugh Mackenzie

Rachlis tireless in myth-busting around health care sustainability1 comment

opseudiablogue wrote 7 months ago: It’s good to see Dr. Michael Rachlis on the opinion pages of today’s Toronto Star. Rachlis has been … more →

Tags: health care sustainability, David Dodge, michael rachlis, OHC Action Assembly, Brian Mulroney

Why a U.S.-style housing nightmare could hit Canada

@opHarper wrote 8 months ago: How Canada resembles a slow-motion replay of the American crash By Neil Macdonald, CBC News Posted: … more →

Tags: Canada, Economic, housing, ase-Shiller Home Price Index, bubble, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp, Central Bank, Condo, High Rise

Reality checks in – austerity plan based on exaggerated deficits

opseudiablogue wrote 8 months ago: In February we attended a forum hosted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives looking at the manufact … more →

Tags: CCPA, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, dwight duncan, Ontario provincial deficit

Comment: Funding data is starting point for nationwide discussion

Special to Financial Post wrote 8 months ago: Last February, Don Drummond reached for his sledgehammer, not his scalpel, when he delivered his blu … more →

Tags: Funding Wire, Venture Capital, Tom Jenkins, FedDev Ontario, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Public Finance, Government and Politics, SR&ED, Funding portal

Police and cities face off over pay

amp wrote 10 months ago: Friday, July 6, 2012 – Globe and Mail ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY Financial showdowns between police a … more →

Tags: Globe and Mail, Ontario, Crime, police, Peterborough, municipal budgets, Local Politics, Arbitration, Civilian Police Commission

Chris Selley: Online government services don't take lunch breaks

Chris Selley wrote 11 months ago: Reports suggest that if Ontarians are subjected to a summertime election, it will not be because of … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Policy, Ontario, Dalton McGuinty

Don Drummond Report

Mahmood Iqbal wrote 11 months ago: A Model Document for Politicians to Play Game with (written: February 25, 2012) Importance of Finace … more →

Tags: Economics, Report, Ontario, Finance, Greece, Politics, 362 Recommendations, Methodology, Job

Ontario | Job training excludes half of unemployed2 comments

Job Market Monitor wrote 1 year ago: Making employment supports available to all job-seekers would level the playing field and help the p … more →

Tags: A Closer Look, Unemployment, Employment, Toronto, Welfare, Ontario, Employment Insurance, Long term unemployed, Jobs

Manotick Messenger editorial: Ontario wind power program a "black hole"1 comment

ottawawindconcerns wrote 1 year ago: Word is getting around: the very successful branding of wind power by the global wind power developm … more →

Tags: industrial wind turbines, Marlborough wind project, noise wind turbines, North Gower Wind Action Group, Wind mills North Gower, wind mills Richmond, Arnow wind project, cost-benefit wind power, Dalton McGuinty

Going Our Way?2 comments

urbansophisticat wrote 1 year ago: While the cat’s away, we will take about something other than municipal politics today. Gaze averted … more →

Tags: Newspapers, Press coverage, philosophical musings, The Globe and Mail, Federal Election 2011, Provincial Election 2011, Politics, mayor, National Post

Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Waiting for the budget axe to fall

Chris Selley wrote 1 year ago: Budget pains Worthwhile federal budget previews come from John Ivison in the National Post and John … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Full Pundit, Québec, Policy, Bilingualism, Federal Budget, Dalton McGuinty, CBC, Polygamy


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