Comments on: Wednesday Night #1358

By: Diana Thébaud Nicholson

Diana Thébaud Nicholson — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:07:55 +0000

Group names Baird a ‘Young Global Leader’
Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — It is unlikely that actor Leonardo DiCaprio, skateboader Tony Hawk and Environment Minister John Baird had ever been mentioned in the same breath — until Wednesday, when all three, along with 242 other overachievers, were named as Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum.
The group’s website says young global leaders are selected based on criteria that include: being under age 40; having a record of extraordinary achievement and a track record of substantial leadership experience; and a demonstrated commitment to serve society at large.
“It’s obviously a big honour and hopefully there’s an opportunity to work with other global leaders around the world,” Baird said Wednesday, adding he didn’t know exactly why he was chosen. [And neither do we!]

By: sylvain

sylvain — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:22:57 +0000

Perhaps you should consider having a discussion night on the subject of the SPP. The anti-SPP movement will start rolling in in April in several major cities across Canada; it will make front page news after tax time.

By: Diana Thébaud Nicholson

Diana Thébaud Nicholson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:23:21 +0000

George Monbiot: The Patient Stalkers Beware of privatisation schemes dressed up as customer choice. This was surely a victory for the people. We [U.K.] have lost, over the past 20 years, all kinds of public services, but next month one is due to expand. After heavy bludgeoning by the government, Britain’s general practitioners have agreed to open their surgeries late into the evening and on Saturday mornings. As Gordon Brown says, the health service is “too often centred on the needs of the providers rather than those of patients.”(1) Now we will have a service better matched to the pattern of our lives. Read post