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Kelly McParland: Latest studies show Canada is one awful country (Don’t be too alarmed, this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek)
Boy, do we stink. A nation of dirty-lunged, out-of-work, spendaholic chronic invalids, with a lousy banking system. How did this happen? I wonder if it’s too late to emigrate to North Korea?
1 July
Liberal-Era Diplomatic […]

Healthcare reform in the United States
Under the current system, Americans have achieved rather extensive health care coverage for a high percentage of its citizens, but at excessive cost and with a significant portion of the population receiving inadequate treatment or monitoring. President Obama’s challenge will be to overcome the sanctity of the free enterprise […]

More on Water and on Wednesday-Night.com     Thirst a powerful slide show on water ; Stockholm International Water Institute ; Nanotechnology for clean water
Clean Water Should Be Recognized as a Human Right
Firstly, access to clean water can substantially reduce the global burden disease caused by water-borne infections. Secondly, the privatization of water—as witnessed in Bolivia, Ghana […]

More on oil ; Wednesday-Night.com Alberta and Oil Notes
Liquid Asset The Canadian dean of the discipline, the University of Alberta’s David Schindler, wrote in 2006 that Alberta, along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba, will soon face “a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.”

Chris Schwarz / Edmonton Journal
Andrew Nikiforuk: A public tarring […]

A personal bias, but we suggest any/all of Paul Krugman’s columns
Dr. Doom Has Some Good News
(The Atlantic July/August 2009) Roubini believes that the Obama administration’s policy makers—and especially the much-maligned Tim Geithner—have gotten a lot right. Pitfalls may still abound, but he is now projecting an end to the recession, and he sees growth ahead.
Tom […]

See related posts under Environment & Energy ; Arctic ; Biofuels ; Oil ; Canada & the Climate Change Conference (Bali) ; Liquid Asset The Canadian dean of the discipline, the University of Alberta’s David Schindler, wrote in 2006 that Alberta, along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba, will soon face “a crisis in water […]

East Asia looks to lead on green power
Asia is leading the charge to develop more eco-friendly technology, with Japan and South Korea partnering with Beijing to combine their engineering prowess with China’s manufacturing capabilities. The three have individually put significant investment into new technologies, outpacing the U.S. TIME (6/25)
What a […]

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David Jones: Ambassador Jacobson and the Passing Baton
… this is what Canadians should desire in a U.S. ambassador—an individual who, when giving a speech or conveying a private demarche, is clearly appreciated as a “connected” member of the administration and […]

The way Mr. Flanagan sees it now, Stephen Harper is adrift in a vacuum of policy and principle, conniving only to retain power while hemorrhaging respect as a flawed political strategist.
Don Martin: Mentor delivers painful punch to Harper
It’s too harsh to qualify as constructive criticism, even if the author was once Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s […]

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