Michael Hardner

Also independent corroboration of ANYTHING Falun Gong says. They aren't reliable. But also - GOOD LUCK. China puts a tight lock on anything regarding internal affairs, evidenced by the Covid breakout reaction...

1. how about ONLY for people with life threatening conditions ? And if we are charging for the top tier, why don't we make that conditional on wait times being significantly reduced on the bottom tear. 2. yes... like MRIs

1. It's not proof that it can't be fixed. It's something but it's not proof. 2. Your post makes some points, but it's very general and not specific. You cite an error then go on to say there's no incentive for people to do a good job, presumably because they can't be fired ? Is that it ? Can't we just fix the system, then, by allowing bureaucrats to be fired ? I don't exactly disagree with you, but we need to go a bit deeper as it's a complicated problem. 3. Interesting take but.. it worked in the past right? It works elsewhere right ? What is it about the Canadian approach that leads to failure ? Honest question. 4. Far from it. I'm in management and have been for decades. What I do know is that there is zero public appreciation for what represents good vs bad management. I do think the government does some things well but healthcare is beyond the point of saying it's well run, if only based on the level of complaints. We can't just say "healthcare is poorly run because the government can't do it"... without an engaged public you will end up with a private system with all the same problems, and more expenseive. 5. What have we tried ? If the answer is 'nothing' then why is that ? I heartily agree we need change. I have ideas also

A topic that I have been posting about on this board, for decades. Some points: - You can't say forever that we are better than the US, in the face of the decline of our system and our system HAS declined - It's possible to reform a system without destroying it or redesigning it completely, and people should be open to other approaches including two-tier which is a feature of other nationalized systems - When dealing with a system it's better to focus on fixing rather than blaming. The system itself is not fully accountable, I know this personally, however it's also not a 'customer system' so that's understandable. The overall focus should be put on the patient, though. - Big changes take a long time, but immediate fixes should start now and be easy to track. - The one system that tracks healthcare performance was put in by Harper - Canadian Institute for Healthcare Information https://www.cihi.ca/en Nobody pays attention to it, and almost no one has heard of it - Without a public that can track metrics and numbers in a dry and mature manner, we are left to the drama and passions of an emotional healthcare debate. But it's a system. The government and public should track improvements without political arguments, ie. how do we improve care with the best value ? Period. - Governments have had this problem on their dockets for over 30 years and the results are not satisfactory Added: "Fire everyone, fire the unions, fire fire fire..." isn't a sound approach. The fact that the system needs repair does not mean everyone involved is incompetent.

John Crosby may be who you are thinking of.

Are they email famous ?

1. 2. Ok. 3. It seems to be like the PRESS COUNCIL or some such that the newspapers used to belong to. Not one story, no, but one set of principles for governance and a process for complaints. 4. No I wouldn't bet on you against them. They're not all left wing either. Trump himself championed vaccines and took ownership of their success. That said, sometimes a crackpot is right and everyone else is wrong.

1. Yes, I chose not to challenge those statements. Mostly, we have discussed such things often times before and it doesn't really go anywhere. 2. Ok, fair enough. I just wanted to know if you had some idea. 3. I called them issues in my post Saturday afternoon also. 4. I didn't say they're not important, I just don't want to discuss them because it won't go anywhere. I found it most interesting that you thought there was once - very long ago - a point to DEI programs, or their predecessor AA. It seems that that line of discussion has reached its conclusion too - ie. you believe it morphed into something else, but neither of us know why. 5. No. 6. I didn't look into the TNI case other than reading your sentences. I am not a fan of Musk, but who knows what he's really like... Also he flips around a lot. He called himself a socialist at one point. 7. I don't get it. Those issues exist, but drawing a line to a secret group behind it isn't evident, at least to me. 8. FOX, being the #1 cable news outfit in the USA, is also MSM. I agree that MSM has eroded but really that's a huge other thread. I also look for bias in any of my sources. 9. Maybe so ? But if it's happening, it's happening from diverse sources with diverse goals. 10. Why is it 'someone' ? Can't it just be a bunch of different groups ? There are media groups, think tanks, etc. promoting all viewpoints and (let's be generous) *persuading* the public with their own take on things. Why focus on the ones you don't agree with ? They're all bad. I can't search but I criticized the left- Centre for Public Policy, I think, for going after Harper for his banks-loan after 2008. They called it a 'bailout' but it was simply a loan - a punative one at that. Not that I'm immune from using bad sources or getting fooled. It happens to all of us. 11. Never heard of that. Banned from the internet ? 12. Ahh... ok I had the WRONG TNI it's THIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_News_Initiative Yeah, seems like a good idea to me. You have right-wing news on there too, which I like .... A LOT. Yeah, and I retracted after much research to find said 'libel'... a lot of good it did me, you're still here acting like I didn't retract it...

Well, I retracted my sloppy use of 'destroyed'... not destroyed but declined. I should be more careful... I don't think their MC is better, but their governments have done more for their MC than we have over 20 years, wouldn't you agree ?

1. True 2. What can I say... I am the mushy middle... or more of a school boy with a pea-shooter than a grandstander...

This quote is what makes me believe we're essentially on the same page.

1. Well... search would have to work on this site for either of us to make statements about what I have said about China with regards to their environmental program. I don't even remember myself. 2. I was being a bit flippant, I concur. They do deliver some things though. Their middle class grew while ours was destroyed for one that. It's possible to have both opinions in your mind that China does things for its citizens, and China is a repressive government model that no civilized nation should pursue. Why not say so ?

1. 2. I didn't say anything about the accuracy of your opinion on current DEI. I don't agree with what you said but I'm not going to discuss those opinions of yours. 3. No, I'm more interested in how you see this conspiracy having developed, given that you implied it had value at the beginning. 4. I accept that YOU think it's a cabal. The nine issues you highlighted earlier aren't evidence of a cabal. Cabal is defined as "a secret political clique or faction." There is no evidence of a secret clique provided. 5. You mentioned TNI after the 9-issues post and I didn't respond. I looked up what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnational_Institute Seems like another org like WEF, not secret at all. Just an organization that says things that you and others disagree with. 6. Ok, I'm definitely not talking about vaccines here... we're talking about DEI. 7. I don't know about this incident and if Elon banned someone from posting stuff on Twitter that he doesn't like, that matches what I read on the back of his TechBro trading card so I don't have anything to say on that either. I don't get why you seem to be getting mad with me on this: I accept that you have different opinions than me and I'm not trying to convince YOU otherwise. I'm just trying to understand how you believe a global conspiracy of corporations, governments, groups and the general public developed from something you believe to have had a noble goal at the start. Maybe I'm just not using the right language here. Let me know, I appreciate your perspective.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ok, so you don't buy the stated goals of DEI, you think it's a lie and that presumably somewhere behind the scenes the people who are promoting it are saying something completely different. You still said that the predecessor had more of a need to exist, in 1961. So what happened ? I didn't understand the relevance of the Islam reference.

Oh wow. Tell them I know a podcast who would like to hear their stories

A Bricklyn in every garage. $5 to every Canadian who gets the reference straight off...

https://aduananews.com/en/la-omc-intensifica-los-debates-sobre-comercio-electronico-rumbo-a-la-cm14/ It's pretty easy to see WTO members imposing Customs duties on American e-commerce. There is a meeting coming in March.

Yes, back to the Wikipedia post I submitted.... Seems to have started way back in 1961 during JFK's brief administration. But you can see WestCan seems to acknowledge there was a better reason for DEI/ affirmative action then. Understandable say because we were pre-civil rights in 1961. So if I read him correctly, it morphed into something more familiar today as identity politics and their membership in The culture Army. Certain conservatives like Graham and WestCan see such Culture warriors as the cause of many of our current ills. So be it. There's still a debate to be had there, however the lesson I take from this is a little discussion with someone who seems to have very different views can lead you to the realization that their views are not so different from yours.

Oh it bothers me all right. There are conflicting messages there at best.

The audience might suspect that we are plunging into disorder?

Some of them don't cost more. Some do. Placement agencies and middlemen pocket a lot of money, 20% typically

Depends what they mean by consultants. An actual consultant comes in for a very short time, consults, goes. So they don't cost anywhere near as much as a salary employee. And then the question is going. Why are they coming in? What was it that we couldn't figure out without them and why? People who work on contract, who are hired through large agencies... Are also sometimes called consultants. They are really just full-time employees that can be fired on a dime, not unionized, often offshore and cost less therefore. So you need to look into the details of layoffs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines Hi speed rail lines per capita, for reference USA is dead last, I feel Canada would be also.

I think that New World Order (a Republican coined phrase) is apt, and that clipping it would do more damage to Carney than help...

Your points are fair, but the Musk layoffs had a perception of recklessness about it, I would say. That would be due to the small size of the DOGE team, the lack of experience of same, the personality of Musk himself, and the inherent conflict of interest. But I absolutely acknowledge the gist of the post, ie. A double standard around Carney and Musk, if they were to do the exact same thing. Also, those who think that LIKING a post is a pledge of Allegiance to one side, take note...