A National Fitness Plan

As in every Canadian election, one of the main topics of discussion for this election has been the state of the health care system in Canada. So many soundbites have been directed towards our “ailing”, “ineffecient”, “overburdened”, “overtaxed”, “underfunded” health care system for me to care to count. But is it really the system itself …

Bloggers Block… items of 2006

Call it fatigue.. call it New Years blaahhhgs.. call it laziness. The meat of the matter is that I just haven’t felt compelled to blog recently. Th news lately has been particularly uninspiring. The Ukraine and Russia… in a tiff over gas delivery at market prices… threatened to destabilize gas supplies for a large part …

World Junior Hockey, Sport imitates life?

As the World Junior Hockey Championship continues in Vancouver, I can’t help but use it for my own twisted political means… err, I mean as a interesting way to revisit a continuing issue. That issue is, America’s International “image”, particularly with it’s closest neighbour, and traditional ally, Canada. We all know that as the Iraq …