First, for those who have not seen it Maxine Davis, Executive Director of the Dr. Peter Foundation has an important op-ed in the Vancouver Sun titled Attention Ottawa: Insite is a health care service. More intriguing Safe Games 2010 and the Keeping the Door Open Society (which, for full disclosure, I sit on the board [...]
Entries tagged as “health”
Conservative Senator Talks Harm Reduction
Stem Cell Charter Sign & Share Rally Begins!
Why did I sign The Stem Cell Charter? Yes, I’ve been really impressed with the launch and the associated campaign. Yes, my parents are cancer researchers and I (literally) grew up in lab. Yes, the website and videos are beautifully done. Yes, the Charter is well crafted, balancing both the opportunities created, and the rigor [...]
The Bottled Water Debate Redux (a public policy case)
I’m a big believer that public policy cannot be written in a vacuum. All too often people become obsessed that their issue or problem is the only problem and so design policies that address their concern while ignoring secondary effects that can be as, if not more, costly. This has been my point in the [...]
Plastic bag fees, inflation and lessons for bottled water
Just over a month ago the grocery store Metro introduced a five-cent fee for single-use bags in Ontario and Quebec. According to a recent press release Metro grocery stores distributed 70 per cent fewer bags compared to the monthly average and demand for reusable bags has increased by five times. As Metro spokesperson, Selena Fiacco [...]
Emerging Neo-Progressive Issues: Drug Policy
As many of you know Taylor and I wrote a piece on what we termed neo-progressivism in last September’s Literary Review of Canada. Since then we’ve keep our eye out for other discussions where we think neo-progressives are gaining traction in the public discourse. Some of the indicators we looking for are policies where: The [...]
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