Quote of the Day: “Even the most ardent environmentalist doesn’t really want to stop pollution. If he thinks about it, and doesn’t just talk about it, he wants to have the right amount of pollution. We can’t really afford to eliminate it – not without abandoning all the benefits of technology that we not only enjoy but on which we depend.” Milton Friedman
Today’s Editorial criticizes the latest Ontario budget of course. However, it suggests that: “It was surely not unreasonable to have expected a more robust response to the squeeze Ontario residents are feeling in the emergency room…”. But then in a few paragraph the Editorial writer tells us that: “There was more spending for nursing and medical training seats…” And: “…expansion of hospital capital spending…” And: “There was additional funding for health care and mental health and addiction services, and investment to tackle surgery backlogs caused by the pandemic.” Dumb.
Biden’s approval rating at 38% is near his record low of 36% set last summer. The latest Angus Reid poll has Trudeau’s approval rating dropping six points in the last three months to 37%. But today, Geoffrey Stevens is beside himself with glee that these two so-called leaders got to pat themselves on the back and that “Biden’s visit a boon for Trudeau”. Brutal.