The Life and Times of J.Z. Garrod
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Quality of Care? If you’re in B.C., not so much.
Here’s an interesting article detailing how the B.C. government along with local health authorities will not release facts regarding quality of care in B.C. hospitals.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=89da9cf2-a765-4f06-b823-8d24dd11cb55
From the article: “You can get information on the Internet to compare quality of restaurants and hotels but not publicly funded hospitals in B.C.,”
You mean some people would rather go to a good hospital rather than a shitty one? Phsaw! says the B.C. government, poor care for everyone! And transparency? Forget about it!
So much for informed choice, eh?
’Till next time.
States Ponder Drinking Age
March 3, 2008 at 11:25 pm · Filed under Links, Social Commentary and tagged: alcohol drinking driving laws age
A google image search of “drunk” comes up with this. Granted, it’s on the second page, after all the nude photos.
This link from the CBC discusses the drinking age in America, and how particular States are thinking of lowering it.
I’ve always been a considerable supporter of lowering the drinking age, both in America and here in Canada. If you can drive a car, I feel you should be able to drink. While that certainly raises many questions – most pertaining to drinking and driving or ‘over-drinking’ – I believe that these are issues of education rather than legislation.
If anything, the current laws (North America wide) contribute to unhealthy binge-drinking, over-drinking, and the use of fake identification. While simply lowering the drinking age won’t fix these problems, it would certainly be a good start.
Feel free to disagree with me in the comments section.
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