February 1, 2006
Des universités sous tension
Depuis la publication du rapport Parent, la place de l’éducation au Québec s’est considérable- ment accrue. Au niveau universitaire, notre population s’est scolarisée plus rapidement que n’importe quelle autre...
February 1, 2006
The WTO plays Hong Kong: so little accomplished by so many
The Grand old Duke of York,/He had ten thousand men./ He marched them up to the top of the hill,/And he marched them down again. The World Trade Organization...
February 1, 2006
The Pearson decade: how defeat foretold victory
Battling for political power is, to men and women of a certain temperament, a higher kind of professional hockey: it gives broader scope both for out-witting and for roughing-up...
February 1, 2006
Get out the vote – not: increasing effort, declining turnout
The media, academics, many politicians, and Elections Canada have bemoaned the progressive decline in voter turnout in federal elections in recent years, from 75 percent as recently as 1988...
February 1, 2006
Biosecurity: the next public policy imperative for Canada and the world
Biosecurity has become a much more popular term in recent years, especially since the post-September 11 anthrax scares in the United States. However, there is nothing new about it;...
February 1, 2006
From SARS to avian flu – why Ottawa must lead Canada’s response
Public health renewal has emerged as an important policy issue in Canada, largely in response to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto in 2003 and...
February 1, 2006
La préparation canadienne contre le bioterrorisme : entre sécurité et santé publique
L’affirmation selon laquelle les micro-organismes s’apparentent aÌ€ la bombe atomique du pauvre prend tout son sens avec la fin de la guerre froide, alors que la supériorité militaire des...
February 1, 2006
What the Chaoulli decision said about health care rhetoric vs. health care reality
Ever since the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Jacques Chaoulli et al v. The Attorney General of Quebec et al. struck down Quebec’s ban on...
February 1, 2006
L’heure de vérité en santé
En matié€re de financement de la santé, le constat tirepar le Comité de travail sur la pérennité du systé€me de santé et de services sociaux du Québec est tré€s...
February 1, 2006
Lost in transition: finding a future for Kosovo
Late one evening in March 2004, as 18-year-old Jovica Ivic walked through the village of Caglavica near Pristina, he was shot from a passing car. After surviving the attack,...
February 1, 2006
The multiplication of news platforms: the “privatization” of the media
Referring to the daily press in 1846, Sà¸ren Kierkegaard wrote: ”œHere men are demoralized in the shortest possible time on the largest possible scale at the cheapest possible price.”...
February 1, 2006
Literacy policy: getting Canada ready for the knowledge economy
Far too many Canadian adults are not being properly prepared for the knowledge economy. This has serious negative impacts not only on our prosperity, but on our entire social...
February 1, 2006
Canada Among Nations, 2004 (book excerpt)
During his decade in office, Jean Chrétien moved from being a prime minister with a limited foreign policy agenda to a leader whose foreign policy drove his agenda. This...
February 1, 2006
Four views on Iraq (book reviews)
As I write this, CNN is airing a program entitled ”œ1,000 Days in Iraq.”’ George W. Bush has already declared victory from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS...
February 1, 2006
Le plan Couillard
Quand le gouvernement Martin a été défait aÌ€ la Chambre des communes, en novembre 2005, le ministre québécois de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Philippe Couillard, s’appré‚tait aÌ€...