A presentation to the standing committee on social policy to consider Bill 97, an act to increase access to qualified health professionals for all Ontarians by amending the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. Personal modesty is not called for when one tries to promote a change that will literally revamp a portion of our health Continue Reading
The general public is made aware of the world of illegal drugs when a spectacular incident makes the news. A large cache of cocaine or marijuana is found, a drug related killing, a public fight over the need for safe injection sites, police involved with criminals in the distribution of drugs, terrorism funded by drug Continue Reading
The generic pharmaceutical industry in Canada began its meteoric growth when the Trudeau liberals passed a law allowing small Canadian companies to sell patented pharmaceuticals under a “compulsory licensing” arrangement. The law was in force long enough to build a truly effective generic industry but was repealed when the Mulroney conservatives came into power, supposedly Continue Reading
As an atheist, I find the dogma of all religions, aside from their ethical pronouncements, to be without substance. If one reads all the rules closely, the “raison d’etre” is about power, the ability to control the everyday life of people. But at least in the modern era, most religions, while not free of proselytization, Continue Reading
A child obesity epidemic is flourishing in Canada. Between 1978 and 2004 there was an increase of overweight children from twelve to eighteen percent of the population and even more shocking, obese children increased from three to eight percent. One in four Canadian children is overweight and obese. Increased reliance on television, video games and Continue Reading
Albert Einstein for many years before his death, had been working on a “Unified Theory of Physics”. He tried to develop a mathematical formula to predict the relationship in nature between all forms of matter and energy, such as light, mass ,gravity, electrons etc. He did not succeed, nor have any scientists who followed him Continue Reading