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  1. Canadian Politics

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    13 hours ago, Mark H. said:

    5. When Pallister retires, the next election will be there for the taking. 

    I dunno, if the PCs select a well-spoken female leader and out-flank the NDP somewhat on the 'progressiveness' front, and they don't go into full privatization mode and sell off a bunch of crowns in the next four years, it would take a lot of wind out of the NDP's sails. I've been quite impressed in conversations with my MLA, Rochelle Squires.

    If they make Cameron Friesen or Kelvin Goertzen, etc. their next leader, the NDP would be licking their lips come 2023...

  7. Canadian Politics

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    Wab Kinew promises to offer two hours of free parking at all hospitals, which sounds alright in theory, but he admits he hasn't actually figured out how that will work, since parking lots are run by non-profit hospital foundations.

    He then commended someone for vandalizing a city parking meter, and gave a wink-and-nod statement saying people would essentially figure out how to stretch those two free hours into free all-day parking. 

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/parking-promise-ndp-1.5246723

    This sounds about as well thought out as some of Hugh McFayden's desperate gems back in 2011.

  8. Leos @ Bombers: Week Of Thread

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    1 hour ago, johnzo said:

    I have heard the players -- the people actually putting their bodies on the line for our entertainment -- appreciate how cagey MOS is with injury information ... and if the players are good with it, then I'm good with it.

    Also, maybe players expressed concerns that public comments about their specific ailments and treatments violated the Manitoba Personal Health Information Act, and the Bombers are just covering their butts...

  13. Rivalries, Late Starts, & Game Days - Attendance

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    1 hour ago, Booch said:

    HAHAHA....they after studies..and money put into studies and design for it...the city kiboshed it for stupid reasons...stupid city...I actually worked on the design for it...was to tie into the pathway we did all along bishop and up kenaston up to the Costco

    That really sucks. I live near the Bishop Greenway, and actually went to the community consultation on it at IGF. Would've been awesome to get to the transit corridor and the other side of the Bishop path without crossing Pembina and its on/off ramps at grade. And for what? An eighth of the price of the Waverley underpass?

  14. Rivalries, Late Starts, & Game Days - Attendance

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    2 hours ago, Booch said:

    Working in the Civil/Municipal infrastructure and planning field I can tell you that area and the areas to the east and west of the stadium south of Bishop is where all the (well majority) of new development is going, and where the infrastructure and money is being allocated, thats residential and commercial so in time the stadium is going to be center to he majority of the entertainment spending public

    So do you have any inside info on when the Bishop Grandin pedestrian overpass over Pembina is finally going to be built? 🙂

  20. Canadian Politics

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    2 hours ago, Wideleft said:

    It seems like a good idea at first blush, but the hospitals being converted to Urgent Care facilities are essentially being turned into 24-hour walk-in clinics, so that would leave you with building walk-in clinics at HSC and St. B and (Grace already has one across the street, but isn't 24 hours). Not sure how much that would cost to build and staff, nor does it solve the geographical access problem for emergency care.

    I would just offer some sort of incentives for doctors to set up their own clinics at those locations (minimum patient volume guarantee or compensation for minimum billing shortfall). Just spitballing… 

  21. Canadian Politics

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    1 hour ago, Wideleft said:

    The Quick Care concept was new and wasn't even given the chance to improve.  There's nothing wrong with non-urgent problems requiring an appointment.

    I agree, but the question was about how my proposal to put walk-in clinics next to ERs jived with the closing of Quick Care clinics.

    I guess what I never understood was what Quick Care clinics offered that family doctors and walk-ins don't. Nurse practitioners? Great, but why not just allow them to set up their own practices? I can't drive five minutes in Winnipeg without seeing a new doctor's office advertising that they are accepting patients.

  22. Canadian Politics

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    2 hours ago, Wideleft said:

    Can't argue with you there, but it begs the question, "Then why did this government essentially force the closure of 4 of 5 Quick Care Clinics?"

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/quick-care-clinics-closing-1.4199537

    Quick Care Clinics (at least the ones I'm aware of) had a lot of flaws that did not make them good for what I was describing. They weren't adjacent to hospitals, they had limited hours (like, worse than banks), and (at least when I went) you were encouraged to call ahead and make an appointment and were discouraged from walking in.

    They were very nice and modern inside though, so it wasn't surprising to see them snapped up by doctors when the leases were cancelled. The nurse practitioner model was also great, and needs to be expanded exponentially. 

  23. Canadian Politics

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    You're right, bumps in the road was underselling it. However, I'd prefer that they try something over just kicking the can down the road with the status quo that will never get better. 

    The Vic transition to urgent care seems to have gone better than the Concordia and 7 Oaks (maybe folks in those areas are just making more noise?). That one seems to have had a more definitive plan and time frame.

    I still think that a good way to drive down wait times would be to re-direct people who have no business being at an ER (or Urgent care) in the first place. Set up a 24-hour walk-in beside each one and have the triage nurse tell them they can either wait 12 hours at the ER, or much less at the walk-in. They can't turn people with the sniffles away, but they could realistically present them with their options...

  24. Canadian Politics

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    Politicians who try to implement changes like this are in a tough spot. It's not them doing the work, and 95% of them have no experience with anything like this, but they're going to get all the blame. Right now they're relying on the folks over at the WRHA to pull this off (Dr. Brock Wright ring a bell? he's been near the top there since long before this government came in), and of course there will be bumps in the road. Gotta give them credit for at least trying though...

     

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