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I am not sure if your trolling or think this would work. There is no infinite pile of money - costs have to be kept down or it will run out. That some very expensive treatments can be provided for those in dire need of them is precisely because the majority can be treated less expensively. An...

What is more shocking to me in the article linked: Spending so much time, money and effort to minutely audit a budget the size of what the Senate has seems very wasteful. Looks to be more of a witch hunt than sound financial auditing - it is foolish to spend $100's to audit a $15 breakfast...

A generation is ~ 20 years (30 in some coutries but lets go with 20) so ten generations would be 200 years. In Canada goverment run and paid for social welfare started in the 1940s (varied by province) which was ~70 years ago or 3-4 generations.

I think that is overstated, their views do count - they cast 20% of the votes in the previous election and are 28% of the eligible population.

Using work boots for some portion of training has been common at various times for several decades and nothing to get exited over. A decent and not too expensive pair of work boots is fine for the classroom and parade square portions of training. Usually something tan with a heal like the old...

I guess  "responsibility to protect" which was first presented in a report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) which was set up by the Canadian Government in December 2001 means nothing to the new Liberal leader, a stark contrast to the Liberal led...

Banking as $ instead of days or forcing people to take vacation days (so it does not accumulate) both have the same effect for the government: reduce liability from the cost of each banked day going up. One is just more flexible in when vaction leave is taken. In either case long term banking of...

Banking sick leave as 'days' means every promotion or raise also applies to those banked days. Wasn't that big a deal when public service pay wasn't that great but these days it's just too large a cost / liability. Might be worthwhile to do it similar to how a lot of the private sector does...

There are medevac and medical repatriation charter companies. Most provide better aircraft and equipment. The main price difference is the end point of such tasks is likely to be NDMC in Ottawa saving one leg of the trip for aircraft based there. I also think most places we have troops...

The liberals and unions going so off the deep end might increase voter turnout among those who lean conservative. Only 49.2% of Ontarians voted in the previous election so even a fairly modest increase in those leaning conservative could swing the election. Those unenthusiastic about voting PC...

Quebec has never responded well to any criticism true or not even while it dishes out all kinds to others. I came to my current conclusion that Quebec politics is a farce or tragedy and should be ignored as much as possible from the two different reactions to two comediennes. The one from...

It is rehab not prison and I wonder how this is national news. A notorious/famous (depending on your viewpoint) politician being sociable and letting people take pictures with him while he is running errands in the afternoon is nothing special or noteworthy.

I think the SC botched the ruling. It promotes what is dangerously close to being an intolerant and racist view of what it means to be a member of the Quebec judiciary community. Spend too many years on a Federal Court bench outside the province and your no longer 'pure' enough to be considered...

The Ford story also seems to resonate more with some than for example the computer leasing scandal. It feels more super market checkout lane fodder than real news which might reveal more about those who can't get enough of it than anything else. The Star did report on the leasing scandal at the...

Two things I try to use to guide me in regards to politics, the first is something I heard in the military: "A good plan well executed beats the best plan poorly executed." Some of the biggest disasters and screw ups are from people pushing what they believe is the perfect plan from an...

Weren't they going to declare unilateral separation after the last referendum if they won? I remember reading about the plans for it being leaked. Considering that was with a vague weasel question and 50% + 1 saying yes I don't see them wasting any time declaring sovereignty if they win the next...

Another option is to split the skills required across jobs in some way for a portion of the work so you don't need as many people with all the requirements. For inspections that would usually be a team that updates surveys (document any changes since the last inspection with pictures...

One option is to create positions that require less training, knowledge and skills so the pool of applicants grows enough to fill them all. Usually wages come down as well which unions will fight tooth and nail which makes it hard to do for public sector workers. An example would be the fast...

They seem to have abandoned a lot of the previous tables they made available. Search on the Statistics Canada web site under CANSIM for "government revenue" and there are several results labelled *Terminated* that were provided for decades and would be still be interesting today.

I don't see a reduction in overall revenue and it seems to have gone up every year except 2009. (options on the lower part of the page let you change years shown, if revenue is summed by year or listed by quarter). Table 385-0032 Government finance statistics, statement of government operations...