Dan Dutton
danduttonysj.bsky.social
Dan Dutton
@danduttonysj.bsky.social
I am an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology. Based in Saint John, NB. Care about government spending, policy, measurement, and mitigating bad hands of the #SDoH.
Yes, action speaks louder than words, in the sense that our initiatives are not "real" enough to make a change, thus people do not see value. I thought it was an interesting idea.
October 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I was recently listening to this author's talk on the cyclical nature of similar issues historically: Why progressives may not be as 'woke' as they think | Ideas | On Demand | CBC Listen share.google/EcxbExRuStZE...

Gives some insight into the pushback imo.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Not a lot of calling a thing what it is from NYT headline here.
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I think this is an American talking point, this guy is like 10 years behind on repeating populist American rhetoric.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I have noticed that individuals who see their main contribution as agitation have trouble when it's time to push through a policy that might require respect for pre-existing process or compromise. "Activist" doing some heavy lifting here.
July 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Whoa that's awesome! Need to think of a competition.
June 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sounds like taxes doing what they're supposed to do.
June 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Always be selling
June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM