Everyone has a healthcare horror story. A hidden charge on the hospital bill. A last minute test or scan that ends up costing four figures. Hours spent on the phone with insurance companies to follow up on a claim and get a reimbursement. Prescriptions costing hundreds of dollars. And it’s getting more expensive. Since 2007, […]
Quebec Should Embrace Cannabis To Promote The Economy
The CAQ’s anti-pot stance is sure to hurt consumers and citizens in Quebec. The new Quebec premier Francois Legault of the Coalition Avenir Quebec says he wants to put more money in the pockets of Quebecers. And now that the CAQ has the mandate of a majority government, his words will soon turn into actions. […]
WHO’s afraid of vaping
The war on vaping is a threat to public health (photo via vaping360) By Yaël Ossowski | spiked For the second time in two years, I sat in the public gallery at a United Nations conference in Geneva as a senior UN bureaucrat told us that all members of the media and public were to […]
The Myths about Money in Politics Are Worse Than the Reality
Claims about the dangers of money in politics are riddled with ignorance and hypocrisy In each election cycle, there’s a ritual to the mantra about the role of money and how it influences our politics. It was triggered incessantly during the 2012 presidential race between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, only to see the conservative […]
Nicotine is not your Enemy: Interview with Prof. Bernd Mayer
Urban Exploring in Detroit
Amendes cannabis au Manitoba: « Cruelles et punitives »
Notre directeur-adjoint Yaël Ossowski en ondes avec à Radio-Canada Ici Manitoba avec Martine Bordeleau pour parler de l’interdiction de la culture du cannabis au Manitoba et pourquoi les amendes (plus de 2500$) sont cruelles, punitives et inutiles. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/l-actuel http://consumerchoicecenter.org
The Innocents Abroad: DO U EVEN READ, BRO?
Next up on this episode of The Innocents Abroad: How We Read. How We Memorize. How We Internalize. Living in a different country means one often looks to books to keep up perspective about your home or the world outside. In this episode, we look at book recommendations, how best to read, whether Kindle is […]