Charbonneau

FORSETH – Eby’s government still clueless on financial stewardship

September 15, 2025 // 3 Comments

ONCE AGAIN, the BC NDP, and Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, have shown their ineptness in being able to care for the finances of our province. Just a mere six months ago [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – I have no right to spread disease

September 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

THE CULT OF INDIVIDUALISM leads us to believe we can do anything we want. But when it comes to public health, the rights of individuals to spread disease are scondary. If I [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The right to repair your own stuff is gaining traction

September 4, 2025 // 3 Comments

I LIKE TO repair things. I’ve pulled engines apart. I used to darn my own socks. After my washing machine started to wobble, I phoned a repair guy and described the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The curtain is pulled from AI magic

August 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

I’M FASCINATED by how AI systems work, such as ChatGPT. They are called Large Language Models (LLM) for a good reason. They are trained on billions of web pages and [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The Canadian context for PSA tests: to test or not to test

August 21, 2025 // 1 Comment

THERE’S BEEN a lot of controversy about routine tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men. It’s a simple blood test that measures the level of PSA, a protein [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Political polarization ends up being one pole: the far right

August 7, 2025 // 1 Comment

YOU OFTEN HEAR about how polarized politics has become. But polarization requires two poles. There has been growth in one area of politics but not the other. That’s not [Continue]