For starters according to the most recent Commonwealth Fund ranking Canada’s 9th avoiding dead last in access to healthcare only because the US and France are ahead of us. The only area Canada is above average is in Healthcare spending. Another study finds Canada has the highest proportion of patients waiting over 4 weeks to see a specialist. Despite all this, 78% of Canadians express satisfaction with our healthcare system.

…also from Michael: Dow 22,000!

The Big Tax Big Government apologists who want Canada to be more like Norway would have a fit if Canada began to derive the majority of its income from Drilling for Oil and Gas off the coast of BC like Norway does from its reserves in the North Sea. The same Norway that transports its oil through a vast network of undersea and land based pipelines.

…related from Michael: Home Run Growth: Where The Real Strength Lies

Its amazing that we are in the midst of a technological revolution that is going to kill, according to a recent studies, millions of jobs in Canada yet labour leaders, politicians and those setting the education agenda won’t even acknowlege the problem.

….related from Michael: I bet you didn’t see this problem with jobs