Tragedy

[bcholmes]

If I controlled the universe, tragedy would be measured differently. Public response to Nelia Laroza's death, for example, would far exceed public reaction to Holly Jones' death.

Entire communities would mobilize around efforts to ensure that health care is a safe profession. The government would be pressured to change law, change budgets, (change premiers ferchrissakes), to make hospitals better. People would demand inquiries into the history of health care underfunding.

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criminal elections

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the same thing. Toronto may have the majority of the population, but the majority of the ridings are the rural areas and suburbs -- and they almost universally went Tory. Toronto went completely Liberal and NDP.

There have been times during the first few years where I have been convinced that policies have been designed specifically to "punish" Toronto -- cutting spending on things that are only of benefit to people who live in high-density centres.

I once saw a letter to the editor where some guy who described himself as a "fiscal conservative" was complaining that they had cut funding to WheelTrans. (Public transportation for the disabled.) "They said they were going to cut funding to luxury programs, but I didn't know they meant me!"

Fuckhead.

Hopefully things like Walkerton and closed schools and having to travel 5 hours to the nearest hospitals have woken people the hell up.