CHARBONNEAU – I want an improved health span, not life span
I PROBABLY WON’T won’t die of “old age.” More likely, I’ll die of some disease associated with growing older. For too many of us, health span is reduced by [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Finally, a challenge to detention of ‘certifiable’ people
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
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
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
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
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]
