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CHARBONNEAU – The effects on health of moderate alcohol consumption are greatly exaggerated

February 9, 2023 // 1 Comment

YOU’VE PROBABLY READ the news from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) about the dangers of drinking alcohol. It’s been splashed all over news [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – You’re wrong Premier Smith; B.C. will win the war on addiction

February 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF says B.C. has a “drug legalization agenda,” Premier Danielle Smith. He adds that B.C. invests in treatment on a “very small scale.” Those are [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Provinces come to their senses on healthcare money

January 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

ORDINARILY, provinces only want one thing from the feds – money. So when the feds offer money in exchange for something, provinces are reluctant to accept. All that has [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Will Ontario’s plan to boost surgeries at private clinics work?

January 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

IF DOUG FORD’S doing it, it can’t be good so the thinking goes. But his idea deserves examination. Private clinics can work if they are run by non-profit societies. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The depth of Freedom Convoyers’ discontent is misunderstood

January 12, 2023 // 1 Comment

IT’S EASY TO DISMISS motives of supporters of the Freedom Convoy that paralyzed Canada’s capital last January. Their grievances seem so inchoate, like a primal howl. [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The pandemic changed how we view external threats

January 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

WE HAVE BECOME nonchalant about viruses for too long. The war on viruses was declared over in 1969 according to one quote: “it is time to close the book on infectious [Continue]