Quote of the Day: “Governments never learn. Only people learn.” Milton Friedman
Liz Monteiro tells us of a report that suggests that local Indigenous groups want their own cultural space and they need both indoors and outdoors areas. Great. Why don’t they buy some land and setup their community groups. Oh. Wait. It seems that the “report” was produced by Waterloo Region’s Truth and Reconciliation director Paula Whitlow. This means that they won’t be buying land – it means that my tax dollars will. Nice. This is how the Region of Waterloo becomes Toronto.
The Editorial today is titled: “Prescriptions for an ailing health system” but it just doesn’t delivery any real or new solutions except to say: “It would also surely help to keep ERs and family doctors’ offices open if the qualification process for foreign-trained doctors was improved and expedited.” But we’ve known that for 20 years or more. The Editorial ends with this line: “It’s essential, in such extraordinarily trying circumstances, for Ontarians to insist on improvements, acknowledge there is no magic cure and be aware that the remedies will involve a menu of solutions, not just the addition of private-sector clinics.” Too bad that they didn’t state the obvious – the system is bankrupt.
Kim Forgues is the Vice-President of Human Resources at Wolseley Canada and has been in that role since 2018. I’m sure she has a nice office. I’m sure that she writes just wonderful reports for Wolseley’s management. I’m sure she goes to conferences and delivers though provoking speeches. I’m sure that she has a very nice, comfortable life. Oh, she also has an op-ed on the Insight Page today where she suggests that: “This is a call to grow the representation of women in skilled trades.” And why? She laments the fact that: “According to a survey done by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, only two per cent of 15-year-old female students indicated that they were planning to pursue a career in skilled trades. We have to first ask why, and then ask what can we do that will actually make a difference?” I assume she wrote this from a big comfy chair in her nicely decorated office.
Both of the Letters to the Editor are great today. *cough* Lee Coulman of Elmira wonders why the government isn’t borrowing and spending more to promote something called the J3068 plug that “…has the capability to provide more than three times more power than the J1772. This will unlock our apartment buildings, commercial properties for efficient, inexpensive charging” for electric vehicles. Or something… And Russell Scott of Kitchener whines about our “first-past-the-post dysfunctional voting system”. He asks: “Is it not time we all push for a proportional electoral system where the government in power is represented by the percentage of popular votes?” Gee – I kinda remember a certain person running for Prime Minister who promised this very thing. What happened? Oh, he got elected back in 2015 and then told everyone he lied. Or something…
The formatting of the Bridge column today is a mess. The North hand only has 10 cards. Morons.