What happened in your country’s darkest hour? What did your forebears do when threatened by a formidable foe who threatened lives and a way of living? Many Brits whom I have spoken to will speak of a grandfather, father, or uncles who “fought in the war”, referring to WW2, fighting against Nazi Germany. I have [...]
A recent article by Canadian Business says that if the Canadian healthcare system was managed like a business, it would be out of business. It is woefully inefficient and we are currently incapable of making it more efficient because we don’t even have the systems to obtain measurements about how it’s performing. As the old [...]
As I listened to discussion on the radio this morning about the latest mayoral debate in Toronto, it dawned on me that this kind of open discussion in the public forum about political candidates, platforms, policies and plans is something special. Not everyone in the world has the freedom to do this, and beyond that, [...]
I had an interesting chat with a friend and former colleague yesterday about the nature of the government bureaucracy in Ontario. I believe much of what we discussed applies to any jurisdiction in Canada and the United States. I’ve talked before on a number of other occasions about democratic government’s inherent aversion to risk. Part [...]
We live in an age of rapid, nearly-instant communication. Emergencies depend on the rapid exchange of information between those who are on-scene and those who can support them, between those who have information to protect others and the public who needs that information to keep safe and help themselves. Internet technologies are among the fastest, [...]
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