The headline in the National Post this morning read that Greece has surrendered to the Germans. No, it was not from April, 1941, but February, 2015. Germany, victorious in 1941, was the poor man of Europe by 1945, is now again the European economic powerhouse, and carries most of the responsibility of bailing out the […]
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has recently drafted a policy on the “Professional Obligations and Human Rights”, which will change the way physicians approach treatments for their patients, especially in light of moral or religious objections. The College has requested input on this document from the general public, so I advise all […]
A week has passed since the Supreme Court’s unanimous 9-0 decision to strike down the laws prohibiting what is euphemistically called ‘physician assisted suicide’. In a nutshell, the Court has decided the current law prohibiting physicians to commit what really amounts to murder is ‘unconstitutional’. That is, the current proscriptive law violates the 1982 Charter’s […]
As the world burns, and our Supreme Court here in Canada is about to decide tomorrow on whether or not physicians should be permitted by law to kill their sick patients, a word on the extravaganza the Americans call their ‘Super Bowl’, to distinguish it from any other kind of ‘Bowl’ which, in the U.S. […]
No, this is not a review of an X-rated version of the Transformers movie which, felicitously enough, I have never seen (the Transformers…there is no X-rated version, so don’t go looking). Rather, a comment on a report I heard last Monday, January 26th, 2015, that Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (how’s that […]
Thomas Mulcair, leader of the NDP, and a candidate for future Prime Minister (whose chances in making that job, somewhat fortunately, are bleak.. .I say ‘somewhat’ since, alas, and alas again, another more likely option is Justin Trudeau, but more on that later). Anyway, Mr. Mulcair wants to raise your children. Well, not him specifically, […]
I just finished watching the most recent Bourne movie. For those of you not up on the franchise, a secret agent-assassin loses his memory, and runs from shadowy CIA-types who are trying to kill him. That was the trilogy with Matt Damon. In the newest one, the Bourne Legacy, the protagonist, played by a less-charismatic […]
Jim Prentice, the recently elected Premier of Alberta, taking over the reins from Allison Redford, whose economic excesses, especially in lavish gifts presented to herself and her own family, recall the halcyonic days of Catherine the Great and Cleopatra…well, where was I? oh, yes, Mr. Prentice has apparently admitted that Alberta is living well beyond […]
Premier Kathleen Wynne has begun her ten-day tour of Ontario’s universities and colleges, just after finally getting her meeting with Prime Minister Harper. Say what you like about Ms. Wynne, but she should not have to wait a year to meet with the Prime Minister. No man should be that ‘busy’, regardless of his own […]
It was just reported in the news that the two alleged gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo massacre have been killed by police, after a standoff with a hostage in a printing shop. The hostage has survived, but three others were killed in another hostage-taking at a kosher market; all of the gunmen have gone to […]