The recent news that the MAHC Board accepted the recommendation of the Task Force is good news indeed. The last three years of spin, public meetings where no questions from the floor were allowed, and misleading information are hopefully behind us. Gone too should be any suspicion or animosity between […]
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Listen Up! A new hospital for Bracebridge means Huntsville will have to fight for its fair share of the money
It’s All in the Small Print … The past week appears to have been a good one when it comes to hospital care in Muskoka. After years of posturing, Muskoka Algonquin Health Care, (MAHC) has accepted the recommendation of a Task Force, appointed by them, for two acute-care hospital sites […]
Read MoreCheers to Ford for his Buck-a-Beer initiative, or not ~ Opinion
By Patrick Flanagan One of the few priorities that Doug Ford addressed during our recent election campaign was the price of beer. A regulation under the provincial Liquor Control Act sets minimum prices for various alcoholic beverages, including beer. Ford promised to reduce the minimum beer price, and he has […]
Read MoreSven Miglin, former MAHC board chair, comments on Task Force recommendation
On Wednesday, August 8, the Capital Plan Development Task Force presented their Preferred Service Delivery Model recommendation to our hospital Board: “THAT the Capital Plan Development Task Force recommends to the MAHC Board of Directors that the Two Acute Site Model be selected.” “The Two Acute Sites model proposes to […]
Read MoreListen Up! Perhaps media and politicians need to adopt Rotary’s Four-Way Test
Rotary has It right … In this populist world we live in, there seems to be an escalating confrontation between politicians and the media. We see it every day in the United States, aided and abetted by their President and his daily tweets lashing out at any reporter or news […]
Read MoreTrump’s economic nationalism cannot undo 40 years of globalization ~ Opinion
Globalization and NAFTA – The Bigger Picture By Hugh Holland Every week several of the world’s biggest cargo ships go from China to the USA with 15,000 full containers and return to China with 11,000 empty containers. The biggest US import from China is computers. The biggest US export to […]
Read MoreListen Up! Hope for District reform is not lost with Ford’s last-minute decision
Hello! It’s me again. Back a lot earlier than I expected, and all because a funny thing happened on the way to the Forum. Literally. My wife Anne and I were well on our way with friends for a quick visit to the Stratford Festival when Premier Doug Ford dropped […]
Read MoreFord’s move is petty, driven by his will to get even with past enemies ~ Opinion
By Robert Hurst … Is this one of the dumbest moves by an Ontario Premier since Dalton’s gas plant fiasco? Premier Doug Ford is cancelling the election of District Chairs in Muskoka, Peel, Niagara and York. He is cutting Toronto’s City council in half. Ford is changing the rules of […]
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