Quote of the Day: “While capitalism has a visible cost – profit – that does not exist under socialism, socialism has an invisible cost – inefficiency – that is eradicated under capitalism through losses and bankruptcy.” Thomas Sowell
The Front Page today tells us that Kitchener MP Mike Morrice backs asylum for non-binary, trans refugees. Ummm…. Just why would my MP want mentally ill people to come to Canada? Oh, I guess it’s because these people mainly vote for the Green Party. Got it.
No Editorial today. Instead we have Andrew Phillips filling in, so to speak. His op-ed is on, what else, health care. He asks: “Want to know why health care is in such a mess?“ He goes on to tell us about “…what New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs had to say… when he told a CBC News interviewer that… ‘I guess we’ll have to innovate’”. Ummm… wrong Phillips. The whole socialist health care model is completely broken. When you throw out the most basic economic theories it can’t help but be a disaster. There is an insatiable demand for health care. That’s why Billionaires have private doctors and nurses on their mega yachts. Since the demand can’t be satisfied (not everyone is a Billionaire *cough*), then the limited supply causes lineups and huge wait times for services. ECON101 kids. But Phillips doesn’t want to touch the basic issue – instead, he wants to just slightly improve the horrendous problem with “innovation”. He tells us: “Enough already with the excuses. Regardless of how much money is coming from Ottawa, the provinces need to embrace innovation and not run away from it.” Nope. Why would doctors spend their own money to innovate? Under our socialist system, they still get paid. And why would hospital administrators innovate? Under our socialist system, they still get paid. And why would hospital Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) bureaucrats innovate? Under our socialist system, they still get paid. Idiot.
On the Insight Page today, Community Editorial Board member Gary Whetung has another good column on volunteering. I always enjoy and look forward to his well written op-eds.
Also on the Insight Page today we have Keith Ross Leckie, a Toronto-based screenwriter and author. He whines about Bill C-11 and that there isn’t enough CanCon in it for streaming platforms. Ummm… Yea, about that. Canadian taxpayers drop $1.5 Billion on CanCon with the CBC and just how many of these programs make it into Nielson’s top 20 shows every week. None. Wasted money. Moron.
On Page A14. We have an article by Nojoud Al Mallees where she states that: “Employment gains a ‘blowout,’ analyst says Canada adds over 150,000 jobs in January”. Very nice. I wonder how many of those jobs went to people living in the homeless camp on Victoria Street? I wonder how many of those living in tents applied for those jobs?