In my May 31, 2023 blog, I talked about the crisis in our health care system and I proposed a handful of quick fixes. Today, I want to take out my crystal ball and offer a number of predictions on the positive impact technology will soon have on health care. I am quite confident these…
Category: Vancouver
BC Healthcare in Crisis
Our health care system is in crisis. From coast-to-coast emergency rooms are so backlogged that even making use of hallways and corridors for patients’ beds is proving to be inadequate. A very large percentage of Canadians are unable to find a family doctor. All of the above is in spite of the fact that our…
The Future of AI: utopia or dystopia?
AGI or Artificial General Intelligence: are we on the brink of utopia or on the precipice of dystopia? Like many of you, I only recently discovered ChatGPT, I was blown away by its ability to produce a detailed love letter to my significant other in mere seconds with only a few pieces of background information….
Minority Parliaments are Great for Canadians
With the March 28, 2023 delivery of the federal Liberal budget, I am reminded of the time when dinosaurs still roamed the planet, the time when Trudeau had a minority government. – no not Trudeau Junior but his father Trudeau Senior. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was re-elected to his second term on October 30, 1972, but…
The Left Needs to Look In the Mirror, Not Across the Ocean
Vancouver’s Mayor Ken Sim was not elected by the Government of China. Before I go further, let me be very clear. I worked tirelessly for Ken Sim’s opponent, Kennedy Stewart, in Vancouver’s October 22nd municipal election. Kennedy Stewart shares many of my political views. Ken Sim, on the other hand, shares very few. What Vancouver’s…
Stop ABC’s School Cuts and Closures
The ABC dominated Vancouver School Board is seriously considering the permanent closure of up to eleven schools, including at least two high schools. Where are these schools located? You guessed it – they are almost all on the east side. The ABC School Trustees have so far refused to identify which specific schools might be…
System-Wide U-Pass?
Is it time for TransLink to introduce a system-wide U-Pass? Most of us are familiar with the existing U-Pass. Introduced a number of years ago for secondary students, it dramatically reduced the cost of a monthly bus pass for them and did so in a revenue-neutral manner. It was able to do this by having…