Peter Popkin
ppopkin.bsky.social
Peter Popkin
@ppopkin.bsky.social
Archaeologist. All opinions my own.
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This public-private partnership (yes, you, dear Ontario taxpayer, are paying the dividends that will flow to the U.S.) says, in the government's own words, "over 350 new fully private beds". news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
That means 1 person to the room. Now. Maybe later, something you can pay for.
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The CMA spent a year studying public and private health models and consulting with more than 10,000 Canadians on the balance between the two. The evidence is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse.

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Public and private health care
The Canadian Medical Association conducted a series of national consultations to inform our policy on public and private health care.
www.cma.ca
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Also here is a map of all the fallen Torontonians in the First World War.

Full Credit to @patrickcain.bsky.social for this mapping work.

#RememberanceDay #maps
The First World War took the lives of about 2,900 Toronto residents, or about two per cent of the city’s male population. This map owes a lot to the Canadian Great War Project, which was generous about sharing its research. /2 t.co/Z2HMqKg2dk
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I have nothing to do with this article, but I wholly endorse it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM