fellowtraveller

I reckon you're right abouyt the first point and wrong about the second. The opponents of Charest-definitely unions and the PQ- see an opportunity to saw the legs off Charest and weaken his support going into an election.The 'cause' is not releavnt, the mayhem on the streets suits them quite nicely. Charest occasionally mumbles about trimming back the civil service, and that won't do. It is not anarchy, but an increasingly well managed campaign to discredit the govt and influence the next election. The payoff for the students is that they will get whatever they want from a PQ govt for their service now.

the government should do something.

Oh, FFS: help for low income studentsincreasing tuition fees, but simultaneously increasing aid to those from low income families to offset those increases.

I'm gonna take a shot and guess that was done by the same pollsters who preducted a big Wildrose majority. You'd have to talk to some local Liberals to grasp just what a disaster Sherman has been. People have not just not voted Liberal, lifetime Libs worked hard on the Redford leadership campaign.

Their bullpen still sucks real bad, so if they can get and keep their offence going they might have a shot at third in the division. As bad as Lind had done at the plate, his work at first is a big factor in his demotion. If you can't play a position, and can't hit there is nowhere to hide on the roster.

I ahve been unable to detect a Liberal playbook in Alberta since the advent of Raj Sherman, I think many seriously disheartened Liberals would describe their 'policies' more as a comic book.

Yes, please refrain from insults and buy a newspaper. If you cannot afford a newspaper, email your address and I'll send you a loonie.

Canadian cops do not generally maintain arrest records. They do maintain and share conviction records.

Sorry, but I am not your Googlebitch. It has been reported many times, the Quebec govt has bursary programs for low income students, Charest has stated flatly that those programs will be maintained if not expsnded. The tuition reforms have no effect whatsoever on low income students.

Not necessary to invade and won't happen. What is much more likely is the quick and systematic wipeout of the Iranian air force , navy and missile strike capacity- and of course their command capability. Every place that emits a radar signal gets a cruise missile. I think that Iran has certainly gotten the message, what matters is what the mullahs do with that info. Not everybody in Iran is a crazed fundie intent on killing every Jew and every American. The mullahs know well that their revolutionary rule is much more tenuous now than it was 30 years ago, even as their attack capability has increased. Perhaps I am naive, but they may want to test local waters for full and unequivocable support before they embark on any action. I think there is a distinct lack of zeal for mass death in many civilians in Iran.

What world are you talking about?Hundred of thousands of Quebec students are barred from entry? Neither their current fees or the increased fees mean a speck of difference for low income students: they attend for free now and attend for free in the future. The remaining (middle and high income)students have to pay a few pesos more for the degree that will earn them an increasd income for life. Taxpayers continue to provide massive subisdies so they can have a chance at good jobs for what is actually a very small investment in their futures. Cry me a river.

As usual, you do not have a clue about Alberta. Why do you continue to embarrass yourself by demonstrating such gross ignorance about the place? The shift to the center by the PCs was begun with Stelmach, which led to the defection of the right within the PCs to Wild Rose. I'll summarize for you on words you can undertsand, though I'll warn you in advance the minimum I can do is one syllable per word. - Stelmach took the party strongly to the middle - the right fled the party to WildRose - the party elected a leftie in Redford, who moved it even further left - PCs wiped the floor with Wildrose in an election The Liberals are toast, the NDP have maxed out, the Wildrose have maxed out. The PCS own the middle, the happy place for all parties who prefer to form governments. They'll be hard to budge from there now. Oh, and this was the founding principle of Social Credit in the 1930s: "The basic premise of social credit--that all citizens have the right to the wealth they jointly produce". Their surprising ascent to power in Alberta and later BC and Quebec was a poplulist reaction to the control of resources by banks and big business. They supported nationalizing banks within Alberta and created one of their own to counteract chartered(read Ontario based) banks that survives to this day(Albertas Treasury Branch). They also introduced mortage rules that stopped banks from foreclosing on farmers that applied until very recently. Sound like rightwing stuff? Duh.

in part because it is very expensive to train doctors. Although med students pay more tuition at universities their annual taxpayer subsidy is much higher than, for example, a liberal arts student.You know, the subsidy that you want to be 100% by providing free education for everybody at every level for as long as they wish. I do not persoanlly see the need to further subisidize anybody who is going to earn the kind of bucks that a physician is pretty much guaranteed to make for 40 years after graduation.

No, it is assumed that Cuban trained doctors do not have adequate trainig in current drugs or technology if they are trained in Cuba. It is their job to convince authorities otherwise.

No, not really, says my lifelong friend who works in this field in Edmonton. Docs who have trained in Western Europe, NZ, Australia, USA and South Africa are fastracked because the quailty of training in those countries is very simliar to ours. Of course, relatively few docs from those places apply because they have no economic or professional need to leave their home countries. Persons trained elsewhere are often required to more or less start over. Answering questions won't get you accredited, unless the questions are on board exams taken by all. Many well trained docs fail language exams, also required to demonstrate mastery of English. Accreditation is not granted because you are willing to work in Dognuts, AB.

It is all he has.The hard truth is that Greece would be much better off right now if they had a majority govt or even a coalition with FPTP. At a time when they need leadership and decisions made, they are running pointless elections that will result in more of the same. On tyhe other hand, that is what they have chosen for themselves, I guess they are willing to suffer the consequences. Canadian reformers take note. Oh- except those reformers that have NDP governments. There is a sudden absence of interest in proprep once an NDP govt takes a majority. Wrong and wrong LOWER HOUSE UPPER HOUSE

??? The democracy of ancient Greece did not look much like modern democaracy as we know it. Greece has had some really turbelent times in the last 200 years, and only in the last 40 or so has it had anything resembling a modern democracy. If you'd like an example of the power of the people, look to the largest and most unlikely of democratic countries: India. It should never work , but somehow it does. FPTP, of course.

No, I mean that one of the prime reasons that Greece is unable to egffectively deal with their economic woes is because they have a proprep govt instead of FPTP. The coalitions are weak , collapse constantly and can only seek weakass 'consensus', which actually means compromises that are inapproprite and worst of all inadequate for the problem. Peope here constantly bray about the advantages of this system while ignoring the very real and sometimes very dire consequences that result from inaction. Inaction/political paralysis can be as deadly as poor decisions. Instead of reaching hard decisions, Greece is headed for another pointless election while their economy crumbles in tandem with their credibility.

I find myself in the very very rare circumstance of agreeing somewhat with wyly...... the time required for qualifying foreign doctors varies with circumstance of each doctor. IMO there is absolutely no way that any skills assessment should be fasttracked for physicians or any health progfessionals, the consequences of error are serious. For example, Cuba is touted as having a great health care system, with the implication that doctors there should then be accredited here easily. The reality is that Cuba has a good prevaventative system, easily accessed by anybodfy there. The doctors have very little access to current drug s, and little if any training on the latest technology because Cuba cannot afford these things. No way should they step into certification and patient care here without lots of training. That applies to many if not most countries in the world.

Yeah, Greece is doing really well and dealing effectively with serious problems by employing proportional representation.

Ask your Mum to put in bigger windows in the basement so you can widen your horizons with an improved view.

Saverin was not 'the subject' of The Social Network, he was a satellite in the orbit of Zuckerberg. Lots of p[eople move themselves and their money offshore, there is nothing illegal about it.

One day, when you have a job, you'll understand that having that job does not permit you to run your mouth off whenever you feel like it.

Quebec has one of the lowest rates of attendance in Canada at university because they have a 24% flat tax? You'll have to explain that. Alberta has the lowest rate of attendance because good paying jobs that don't require degrees are plentiful.

So waht if relative incomes are lower, that has not impact whatsoever on the ability of any demopgraphic to attend school, since low income students can get assistance to attend for free. And isns't the prime purpose of that heavily subsidized education to obtain more income after graduation? Why can't grads go somewhere else to work, as is done elsewhere? Despite the very easy path provided by taxpayers to a degree in Quebec, the province already has one of the lowest post secondary atteendance rates in Canada. Why is that? Alberta also has the same low rate, but we know why there. Why in Quebec?