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Wife hung up on one poll last night, me on 2 polls and "Windows Technical Services" today. I used to let them go on and then say I was voting Tory just to fuck up the polls but I can't be bothered to anymore.

   

Just heard ANOTHER bullshit cell carrier ad. Get our UNLIMITED and we'll give you 5 more hours!
Infinity +5 is an even better deal....

   

Polls are an indication of momentum, it is a snap shot. They are designed to be compared over time and when the numbers SHIFT beyond the margin of error and it is sustained then they become useful in forecasting. Macromanagement is not the intended forte.

   

ANALYSIS: Jagmeet Singh wouldn’t back Scheer but he could back O’Toole

   

White men make up a third of Canada’s population but a majority of MPs — here’s why

   

Assuming the current MP for my riding runs again, ain't no fucking way I'm voting for that guy. He tried to fight a bill banning conversion therapy. Fuck that guy.

   

We certainly have elements of a two-tiered system, just look at Saskatchewan's MRI testing backlog - it got WORSE after they privatized it, because the well off can afford it whenever they need it, and the rest get the scraps.

Saskatchewan is the canary in the coal mine warning for what will happen if the Conservatives get their way and allow more privatization in healthcare.




I thought healthcare in Alberta was under stress, but I can usually get an appointment with my family doctor in a couple days. Even clinics usually see people in an hour or two. It's specialists that you need to wait a month or two for.

And that really comes down to funding, nothing else. If healthcare got similar funding to other countries, we'd all have better access, but the right wing MO is to starve the public system of funding so they can say, "See it doesn't work, let's privatize it."

   

I've gotten into see my Dr. the same day.

   

If I call that cluster we call a doctors office I’m lucky if I can get an appointment sooner than 6 weeks. If it’s important I might get one of the after hours slots or they say go to the walk-in. Specialist appointments are booked like a year from referral. My son is waiting for a referral after months of knee pain they finally did an mri. Apparently his bone marrow is swelling. GP said he had no idea what was going on so referral and waiting

   

Before I grew out of my chronic bronchitis a few years back, I called my family doctor one day because I had it worse than normal and needed a prescription for an antibiotic. He said, "Sure, I'd be happy to see you in 7 weeks on -insert date here- for that."

My bronchitis would normally last two weeks. I went to the walk-in as it opened (there were only TWO people ahead of me), and was told on check in that the wait was 3-4 hours. I mentioned that they had just opened and there were only two people in front of me, and the receptionist just shrugged.

We have a health care system in which the nurses and support workers are underpaid and overworked, doctors that are horribly overpaid and can't be bothered to be in office for more than a few days a week, and others that just don't give a shit regardless.

And oh, you just had an emergency and need a hospital ER? Please sit down and wait six hours, and we might be able to help you....



-J.

   

Like the other Albertans, I can see my GP usually 2 -3 days after I call, and same day if I say its important.

I went to the ER on July 1, and basically walked in and straight to a bed with minimum delay. They fixed me up and I was back out in 12 hours.

   

Seeing as how Health is a Provincial issue, no matter how much a Federal party promises to dish out, the Province gets to manage and distribute it.
We're in the same boat as Housewife here - but it HAS got better doctor-wise in the last 5 years.

   

Canada’s health care system is not great when compared to the top European countries, e.g. Germany and the Netherlands, or even Australia which has many of our challenges in delivering care across vast distances. (Switzerland is an exception in multiple ways and may be difficult for us to copy.) The number of people without their own GPs is a disgrace. Being better than the Americans is no longer good enough - nobody wants to copy their chaotic, wasteful model. We need to start looking at how we organize things and be prepared to change anything we have to. If more private care could improve the system, it should be discussed.

I liked Chrétien’s approach to the Middle East - friendly with as many as possible, close to none. Getting too involved over there and aligning ourselves with one or two countries is a mistake.

   

Conservatives surging with male voters: Nanos data

   

I just checked the Elections Canada website and right now there are no candidates running in my riding. Can I vote early?

However, it does state that the nomination process closes on the 30th and confirmed candidates will be posted on the 1st.

   

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