Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – Finally, a challenge to detention of ‘certifiable’ people

July 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

UNLIKE OTHER Canadian jurisdictions, those who are deemed to be mentally ill in British Columbia can be held indefinitely. B.C. does not have an automatic review of ongoing [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Sudden interest in the Bank of Canada is puzzling

June 30, 2022 // 1 Comment

IN THE PAST, the operation of the Bank of Canada has only been of interest to policy wonks. Now almost everyone has an opinion according to a recent poll by the Angus [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – B.C. Clinics: a new business model for doctors

June 25, 2022 // 1 Comment

I SUGGEST that a new government agency, I’m calling BC Clinics, be established to deal with the crisis in accessibility to health care. The fee-for-service model no longer [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Bitcoin fervour turns evangelical

June 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES by investors who see their money evaporate overnight in what has been called a Ponzi scheme, the faithful never give up hope that cryptocurrencies will [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The new indigenous stereotypes

June 9, 2022 // 1 Comment

FINDING UNMARKED BURIAL SITES outside the former Kamloops residential school more than a year ago ignited global awareness of Indigenous concerns, but it has not left the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Terrorists subvert Wet’suwet’en cause

May 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

MICHAEL FORTIER was jarred awake at 1:30 a.m. on May 4 by the banging on the drain pipe of his Montreal home. A neighbour was trying to get Fortier’s attention – his two [Continue]