Smallc

Everything is always someone else's fault.

If the West is not willing to confront Russia over Lativa, than we're doomed. I don't think we'll nuke them over Latvia. That line is somewhere between Berlin and Frankfurt.

You may be right - the problem is that there will already be western troops in many of those countries.

A country with an economy about that size of Canada's is going to have a rough time of going against the rest of the Western World.

And to do that they'll have to face off directly with western ground forces.

That was a war with Ukraine, not the United States of America.

Possibly, if it went there. A conventional war would be very bad for Russia.

Speak for yourself.

Well, CIHI thought so much of it, they put it in the opening paragraph of this report: Health expenditure per capita varies among provinces/territories because of different age distributions. xii Population density and geography also affect health expenditure, particularly in the case of the territories. https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/4.0_TotalHealthExpenditureProvTerrEN.pdf Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement: Spending is much higher in the territories than in the provinces, reflecting stark differences in geography, population density, healthcare needs, and delivery models. http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/SearchResultsNews/10-02-10/42054d49-16fb-4764-be05-1d03e6ff3bbb.aspx Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The challenges facing a proposed National Health Care System include: 1) Canada's distinctive geography and demography; 2 )Canada's history and social conditions; 3) the accelerating rate of growth of Canada's health care spending; and 4) its sustainability. - See more at: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/real-crisis-medicare#sthash.6kkWI5Cu.dpuf They all seem to feel it's important, but it's hard to come up with numbers.

Not in the same numbers, no. Geography and the sparse population outside of Canada's very urban areas is a huge challenge.

It's not all that much in terms of the total, but it takes up a lot more money per person than city dwellers. Manitoba has something like 30 ambulances for 700K people in Winnipeg, and 160 of them for the 600K outside of the city.

And people live in those empty places! That's what costs so much.

8 weeks is a long time - I'll admit that. 4 weeks would be far more reasonable.

I'll get you the recipe, but I'm too lazy to start a thread.

It's head left a dent where it hit the front bumper cover - I'm thinking it hit a crash sensor. All 7 airbags went off. I looked down to adjust my seatbelt, looked up, and didn't even have time to touch a brake. Lucky it wasn't a wood bison.

I also wouldn't care that Trudeau has missed votes. They have a majority, and there's far more to his job than sitting in the house.

Don't lock this thread, it's where I come to confess.

I almost hit a coyote again today - after I typed that here. Weird. I also had a dude of Philippine decent run into my car - 100% his fault - not sure if that counts for anything (my poor Mustang will never be the same).

Well to be completely technical, I didn't vote either. I was working the poll on advanced poll day, and didn't bother to vote elsewhere on a different day, as I planned to vote on election day....a day I ended up being asked to work a poll in a community not far from where I live - I never got the chance.

He was a terrible choice. I only supported him because it was time for the NDP to go.

I actually forgot that I hit a deer last year - still, I don't remember any people. The coyote did a surprising amount of damage. The deer hit head on and caused every single airbag to deploy. Let me tell you, new cars have a lot of airbags.

Sometimes it's the only or most efficient way to do things. A flight isn't any less expensive.

How many fly in communities are there in Germany? How many 1200km ambulance trips in the same province?

That's okay, we'd rather you pay the bills and risk your own lives. We'll just watch.

I think there are a lot of other indications. He doesn't do anything anyway, so he might as well be gone.