Sir Bandelot

This 'secret' payment is the QE3 I said they already did, the day after they lost the credit rating. Now on to 'QE4' already. Sad, politicians have no problem writing big checks for the rich who are in danger of losing their percentages, while they bitch about using public money for health care. And then we shake our heads in disbelief when huge riots start breaking out...

Guess again

Alright, the bike, maybe. You did call the cops then, right? Slashed tire, you wrote it yourself. Petty vandalism. Your friend stole a few VHS tapes? Sounds like the gateway to hell, for sure.

Rover, Fido...

I noticed

Because the question is not about the point be made. It's about the irony of feeling sympathy for beating up dogs. After all, dogs are smart. Pigs on the other hand are smart. No one cares of they get slaughtered. Harp seals are not smart, but some people care that they get slaughtered. Probably because they're cute, and have big black eyes. While I empathize that doggies should not be mistreated this way, like the US football 'Vick' and his friends were caught doing, etc., I'd like to know why, based on comments in this thread the OP and his associates find it so easy to despise muslims at large. The Abu Graib pictures showed dogs attacking naked, bound muslims. We, through our military have killed lots of them, including women and children. Albeit 'accidental', those are the kind of things we know must happen when we shoot missiles into buildings with robot aircraft, from thousands of miles away without confirming who is in there. Some here claim that they love dogs, but hate the people. ALL of them. Yet there are bad, snarling mean dogs too, right?

Look forward to hearing about it. True, fast tracking won't save money but gives us more MD's. This in turn will cost more. They are two different problems, somewhat at odds. We don't want a system where there are too many MD's, raising costs without benefit but we're not close to that point yet. Residents save the system money, and I'm sure that is attractive in its own way. In some professions they have introduced 'Assistants', whose role is to deal with less complicated medical issues while reporting to higher qualified staff (who are better paid, but fewer in number). RNA's, for example.

Just because you don't get it, or refuse to, doesn't mean I have to answer your anything. I've done my part.

C: while not nice, they are petty crimes and a waste of time for cops, who should be dealing with serious crimes.

Think about feeling sentimentality towards dogs, vs. bigotry towards millions of human beings.

Do you have anyone specifically in mind?

I think also there should be a concerted effort to re-establish accreditation between medical colleges across different nations. I haven't seen a convincing reason yet why it can't be done, in this day and age. Doing this would allow us to fast-track the residency program. And then bureaucracy needs to be really streamlined. That would free up money that's already in the system now and make it available for providing actual services.

Yeah but it's hard to feel sentimental over a pig, isn't it. With a dog it's so much easier. Must be those big cute puppy dog eyes...

Always seems to me that the cops like to go after the 'soft' criminals. Pot heads are notoriously easy to arrest. One friend of mine who is a cop told me that they use pot head arrests to train rookies on how to do it, so they get to practice the procedures and get used to putting on the handcuffs. With a pot smoker, they almost never resist or give police much of a hard time. Perfect training material. Meanwhile, what really bothers me is they don't go after the real bad guys. Why? Because their DANGEROUS. They'll pull a gun and fight back, and try to kill the cops.

But it's not quite the same as a general practitioner who can make decisions alone. Someone else needs to oversee the resident.

It's not a human right in yours?

Some pigs are pretty smart.

No, we will fight those who are our sworn enemies. Those who want to live here and mind their own business, can do so (including Muslims). I don't want Canada to be a 'Christian state' myself. But the Christian ethic of mercy and forgiveness, there's nothing wrong with that! Is that why we sent troops to Afghanistan, to suck up to the enemy?

Think I saw the trilobytes on "Star Trek". There was thousands of them on the ship, and they made everybody feel happy...

Yes, I think you're right, she did some things that are unusual, not conventional forms of punishment. That's where the concern is, that she is seeking alternate ways to inflict punishment alone. Which I alluded to earlier. We accept mild forms of conventional punishment, where the intent is not just to cause pain. Or mental anguish, for that matter. As a society we under-rate the effect of mental anguish. The mere idea that "I want to hurt you" from a parent is in itself quite punishing.

Catholic church does more or less the same thing. Eg. nuns, vs. priests. No women are allowed to be priests. Why is this disparity tolerated? I guess most people feel, it's their religion, it's their business. No harm done in them wanting to keep it separate. My own view is not that men and women are EQUAL, but that they have equal rights. Some men, and some women would disagree and have their reasons for wanting separation, and for wearing a veil. In my country they ought to be allowed to believe that and practice their religion. If she doesn't want to she should have the right to leave it. "... And when she tries, they cut her head off!!!" In my country, we would never allow it. As long as they practice their religion and everyone MINDS THEIR OWN BUSINESS, there won't be a problem.

Other countries no longer recognize Canada's standards either. It would benefit all parties if there was some kind of standard. There used to be. I remember when the announcement came that we had lost our accreditation in the UK. It was in or around 2001. Not too surprising really. Incompetence exist in all professions. No doubt you will find some amongst our own Canadian-made doctors too.

Case in point: As a physician considering immigrating to (or recently arrived in) Ontario you must learn how to obtain a license to practice medicine in this province. This is called registration. You will need to look at your circumstances honestly and take the following factors into consideration: There is no guarantee that you will receive registration to practice in Ontario. The process for obtaining a training or assessment position and receiving registration to practice is complex, and will take time. You will have to be very committed, personally and financially. You will have to sign a Return-of-Service Agreement. This means that you will have to promise to practice in an underserviced community in Ontario, where there is a shortage of doctors. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/project/img/img_brochure.pdf Seems written to discourage, more than encourage.

There used to be a system that recognized the training standards of health care professionals coming from other countries, especially from Commonwealth nations and in particular Britain. This standard was set and recognized by medical associations within the countries. It allowed for the employment of medical professionals from these countries. But in the last 10 years, this has been dropped. A very lengthy and expensive evaluation process has been put in its place. The CMA and government have made it quite difficult to make it through this process. Not saying we should railroad through doctors but it seems that it should be easier for a doctor from the UK or USA to be eligible to work in Canada, after a reasonable assessment of their credentials and history, etc. Instead the system is made so that the applicant has to write medical exams (which is fine) and go through residency again, which should be reasonable for a short time, and sign a contract indicating that they will agree to work in remote areas where there are little or no medical services available. Can't imagine why anyone who's gone through medical school in a developed western country would want to go to Nunavut and try to set up a practice there. Even getting medical supplies and support services is really difficult there. A better model would be to ship people to the big city when they need medical help. I know they do that already to some extent. But at the same time, there are shortages of medical support in the big cities, too.

I think you fail to understamd the significance of my US reference. I meant, they are trying to change their model and the struggle they're in goes back and forth, based on partisan ideology. They are making little progress. recently there was a court decision that puts "Obama care" in complete jeapordy. THAT is the crap sandwich I refer to. And by the way, I don't appreciate the ad-hominems. If you can't discuss without them, go away