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The U.S. Healthcare debate
Throughout much of the world and certainly most of the western world, universal health care is the norm.  The French system has a good reputation for easy access to quality care, but there are many other successful models.  The United States, probably because an acquired dread of “nationalization” fuelled […]

Montreal matters
Beryl has produced a Manifesto - “A Freer, Fairer, Richer Montreal” - in pamphlet form, which builds on his recent editorial in the Suburban and calls for a reduction in government spending and intervention. It is Beryl at his polemical best - most Wednesday Nighters do not always agree with him, but no-one […]

A last-minute (but worthy) update from our friend Jim Heffernan, who occasionally blogs on the HuffPost. “Since I believe that even bonus recipients deserve equal time in all this controversy over AIG, I am turning over my blogspace today to one of them.”  Why I deserve my bonus
AIG and corporate bonuses
What makes capitalism moral […]

On the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics, we have some very special guests, along with the much-anticipated return of Cleo Paskal from her wanderings (who else do we know who covers the UK, Athens, Faroe Islands and India in what seems like a minute?). Cleo […]

Wednesday Night Goes Global - or at least partially!
On Wednesday April 2, a select group of Wednesday Nighters will gather in Athens on the first day of the New School of Athens (NSOA) Conference Athens-3 organized by Kimon Valaskakis OWN. Jaime Webbe and Cleo Paskal are participating in the Panel on Globalisation and Security: […]

David Mitchell forwarded this piece with the comment that [the] “article ought to be given wider circulation than the Star, otherwise smoke and mirrors will distract everyone”.
One central disturbing image
November 15, 2007
Linda McQuaig
There’s already an energetic campaign by the Conservatives and their supporters to keep us distracted from the central image […]

Canada is raising the limits on pesticide residue permitted on fruits and vegetables, to bring Canadian standards into line with weaker U.S. standards.
Jul 10, 2007 04:30 AM
Linda McQuaig
… [Since] The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) was officially launched by the leaders of the U.S., Canada and Mexico in March 2005, it’s operated largely under […]

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WOW and DOUBLE WOW!
The Silver Anniversary was spectacular and our heartfelt thanks go to the Self-appointed committee - and all its helpers - who, with glee and awe, organized an awesome Wednesday Night, not to mention those who came from afar, headed by Marc and Fiona, without whose presence, the […]

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OWNership Conferred  In the promised individual ceremony, Richard Bruno, who was accompanied by his sister Diana, was officially and warmly welcomed into the Order of Wednesday Night. Appropriately, David Mitchell OWN, who had originally introduced Richard to the Salon, read his citation, reminding us “if it weren’t for Richard Bruno, none […]

January 19, 2005
What is art?
A video news clip of the opening of the Moishe Safdie-designed Desmarais Pavilion of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (reported by a very young John Curtin) introduced the discussion and new guest, Marm Rapp. This gave her an opportunity to remind everyone that Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art […]