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The day I see the first and only employee-representative"" saying no that's too much (or outrageous, etc) can't take it in good conscience I may think here, there may still be hope for this system. But, random materialization of a last model BMW out of thin air seems more probable in this state of MP affairs. I propose a new democracy criterium: MP (average salary) to median single income in the country. Canada: 5. Norway: just under 2. Any questions?

Why would they do anything? What does it have to do with them? Life is beautiful, thank you.

Just developing the curriculum for the level of confidence that is needed would be a formidable task. To add practical exams (how to do an injection, do you want to know that your doctor actually can?) that's more training stuff and how else bureaucracy. You're trying to solve the problem (not a fact that it'll work) by adding more convolution and more cost. Or rubberstamping in the bureaucratic office and there, crisis solved. Again why does it need to be done convoluted, through the ear down back hole way (as pretty much anything here these days)? Why couldn't enough medical professionals be trained and have good permanent jobs here? Why cannot the system that's costing outrageous money to the taxpayer just do what it was intended to do, effectively, efficiently and competently? Where is the problem?

Certainly, there are great professionals coming from abroad. That is not the question. The question is, how can we know, with reasonable and sufficient confidence? Can we just send it off to the black box bureaucracy far far away (and detached, from reality) and hope that it'll figure it out? Would that be good enough, sure?

That exact thought puzzles me every time I hear it in the news. How is possible to have a critical deficit of labor in the profession and insufficient job security and permanent positions at the same time? Is it because hospital CEOs really need automatic annual bonuses on their mega-salaries? Or could it be because the place doesn't make sense, like in common sense anymore?

Someone from Babauru comes with a medical" diploma"". How do you know what it is, by what magic? Have they done two years of intravenous injection practice under strict supervision or stitched it in a shop? What bureaucratic magic ball could tell that? It takes six years of study plus one or two of internship to be admitted to profession what "test" could replace that? No we are dreaming mindlessly and don't care to wake up and take a look at the reality. And there will be a price for that, next time your Grandma Heaven forbid will go see these doctors. But who cares, the salaries and bonuses keep dripping in oops just doing our job. With each hole that needs to be plugged now whatever and anyhow this is becoming a scarier country. When will it begin to think and take responsibility? At what point it's not just ridiculous but scary and dangerous? Are we already past it? How would we know? Really? You like to believe that, right?

No but the system cannot be changed. Not the schools, not hospitals, not paperwork and not hours. All that has to be exactly as in the times of Adam because always has been. CEO compensation going through the roof regardless of the services delivered, why not? So the only solution really is to bring more trained" professionals"" from places like Angola and Zimbabwe and hope (we can always hope, right?) that our great bureaucracy will be able to sort out genuine from fake ones perfectly as it always does. Yes let's hope! do we have any other options here?

Right, all this is a natural and very probable progression of governments that have no real accountability, no feedback from the society. They have only themselves to compare with, look at or check against and whatever they do, how could it be wrong? No it has to be something wrong with the people. Just as seen. To be continued.

Add that there are only two real parties and the meaning of this democracy becomes quite questionable. Democracy, not as a pompous democratic show but an effective ability of the society to know what's going on and keep its governments transparent, accountable and responsible.

This is a nice vision but it requires two ingredients: mobility not only physical, but mental, ingenuity, inventiveness, innovation. And secondly, highly effective, transparent and responsible public managers, that is governments. We have neither, and we are steady on the path to the exact opposite. As long as some dough is trickling from somewhere we will complain but endure the status quo so it'll be even more miserable next time around. To be continued...

Social support system is close to dysfunctional: can you live on $1,100 in Ontario, housing included? Healthcare in a permanent crisis; also social housing, mental health facilities etc so on. Correctional system is not the right place to deal with many mental / social issues. If you don't have a good well paying stable job in this country you can be in trouble on a dime. There's no space left for decent living on a low to medium income only survival. Now, who has it, a well paying stable job to take the first mortgage in a mega million housing market? Make your choice a) MP b) some PS c) some high tech. Now we see some early signals. Imagine at some point a budget crunch with PS budgets cut, massive layoffs. This would leave pretty much only MPs in the happy zone. Sure we will see more and more of it.

Don't even dream of "any other" everybody knows which happy democracy to ship their dirty stuff to because nobody cares to know or even notice. Whats' with that "inquiry" wait which one? MP salary almost ten times (10!) of a PhD student do find one other civilized and developed country. Something is going south... too busy to care and notice.

Or strong and persistent attempt at not looking and not seeing the obvious. Hinges of course on the assertion that a happy mindless ride can go on indefinitely. Let's see. Maybe there will be an evolutionary exception like that million year crab... can't bet though loooong shot.

Much more than anywhere in developed world, it "entails" just in case? For rubberstamping great leader's preachings, mouth firmly zipped? Yeah right plausible. Either that or just: nobody's looking (and cares). Pick one.

UK MP salary: $130,000 (equivalent). Canadian MPs: probably (guessing) among the highest paid public (quasi) representatives anywhere in the developed world. Can you find higher? Why? Don't ask.. lalala.. always sunny! P.S. and they wouldn't even know that something doesn't look right. How would they?

Just on the radio, postgrads and PhD students protesting on the Hill. Some time ago I considered applying, the offer was around 30K. Today, quoting, 19K postgrads, 20 something PhD. Chose industry instead, about a double starting. Today, barely budged. Ontario disability allowance just went up by $50 to a gross total of 1,100. On the other, happier end, MP salary more than doubled. This happy beaver tale story is heading somewhere, don't you think / see so? Right or left, the question. Or maybe south, America?

Dunno to laugh or to cry hearing about the "inquiry". Yes with no powers to do anything, and how else here? Chitchat, as pompous as useless, in other words, with outrageous salary how else. Prevent abuses of virtually unlimited power by entrenched governments or chitchat about them belatedly? Is there a difference, really should there be why? Where will it get us, in this century? Could the mindless blissful ride last indefinitely?

Enough is to see it. You see it and you understand: if Russia behavior becomes the norm in this post- post WWII world you can easily imagine what it will look like. No need to even imagine just look back, into the Dark Ages "never again" sure? And yes, this time with nukes. In some ways at least, the progress is happening.

I understand as hopefully, most of the of the world, what a brutal unprovoked and criminal aggression is. The specific questions will be settled by a special war crimes tribunal.

In this context, entirely unrelated. Woking up does not add intelligence, independent and objective analysis of the reality and so cannot solve any serious problems.

Wake up. Or hard stop. Only two essential options. The mindless-happy ride will not go on forever.

Problems and challenges can happen in any field. and then they keep happening for years without a trace, a whiff of intelligent solution: you know it's Canada. If you ignore the problem long enough, it may just go away. Or, it won't. Or it'll get worse and then you'll have to try even harder.

Only the old, known, tried and tested truths: Don't be stupid Don't go to Russia Don't deal with Russia If there's a place on this planet that does not observe any norms, agreements, conventions, laws and basic decency then it has to be Russia. Or North Korea, but it hasn't invaded anyone for decades so has to be Russia. If it's too good to be true, then probably is. Especially if in Russia. Don't be stupid. There's no remedy for stupidity.

So non dramatic or non very dramatic shortages are perfectly fine - because we know exactly when the next pandemic is not going to happen? Then you're dreaming and sure keep at it, till a hard wake up. It will happen because it always happens in such cases. There are immigration associations and rules whatever and still we routinely have criminals brought into the country boggling the system for years if not decades. You mean bureaucracy is the answer to all problems? Keep dreaming (above).

Being blind, deliberately doesn't prove anything. The missile was Russian it was fired from a Russian weapon by Russian army. Yes there's evidence. And it will come to light and proven in court.