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There are many things that can impair driving. Kids fighting, dog puking, sun shining in your eyes, messing with the radio [...]

Sorry, we've already handed out the last prize for most entertaining ignorant comment. Better luck next time.

0.08 is when performance is *already* decreased. It's the last "safe" limit, equivalent to - as you aptly describe - driving with children in the backseat, fiddling with the radio, texting, dog puking, etc. 0.08 is not unaffected. It was just a compromise. An acceptable risk. Like the sun shining in your eyes.

0.08 is about twice as impaired as 0.05 - which is also not unaffected. It's just less dangerous - which gives you more capacity to drive while the kids are fighting in the back seat, without being equivalently impaired yourself.

Check your facts before making nonsensical statements.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml

With a BAC of 0.05, an individual’s vision may already be affected in terms of sensitivity to brightness, the ability to determine colours, and depth and motion perception. The brain’s ability to perform simple motor functions is diminished. This means that a driver’s reaction time will be slower and responses will be less accurate. The result is degraded driving performance and a significant increase in collision risk.

The increased collision risk of drivers with a BAC from 0.05 to 0.08 (also known as the "warn range") is well documented:

        Drivers with a BAC above 0.05 but below the legal limit are 7.2 times more likely to be in a fatal collision than drivers with a zero BAC.
        In 2005, 16.7% of drinking drivers killed in Ontario had a BAC less than 0.08.

I'm sorry, but you;'re incorrect about the wage gap being debunked "time and time again." While the wage gap is not 70cents on the dollar anymore, there is a significant difference in women's pay. In Ontario, according to Stats Canada, the gap is currently 25%. It's also the same in the US according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is worse than it has been since 2005.

I'm very sorry you feel discriminated against, but this supposed attack on male rights is horse shit made up by bitter people who cannot tolerate the fact that 1000 years of cultural manipulation by us white men is being undone.

The numbers of male nurses has increased incredibly in the last 30 years, and male nurses are currently making significantly more money than women, and are in higher positions.

There are massive campaigns to get more men involved teaching, and early child development. There's also employment campaigns to get more women involved in trades, including the more dangerous ones, those campaigns are primarily ones which you complain about in your first paragraph (scholarships directed at women).

I don't think that it's really a problem you can throw money at. You basically demonstrated this in your response. DC spent more money and got worse results. From a quick Google, I found that in Ontario Canada where I live, we spend about $10K per child. And we usually rate among the best on international rankings. I think a lot of the problem isn't something the government can solve on it's own. The biggest problem is that many parents just don't care about school, or even worse, discourage their kids education.

the only tax involved is Land Transfer Tax

There is no Land Transfer Tax in Alberta. There are registration fees.

Where it does exist, as in Ontario, it appears to be payable upon the the consideration (the money that changed hands as recorded on the contract), rather than the value, contrary to expert opinion?! Not sure what I'm missing here, but the official site does seem to contradict the rates specialists.

I get the feeling that if a significant amount of the land value were accounted for by the BitCoin swap as opposed to money changing hands via the contract, your average provincial Finance Ministry would get a little stroppy. One might even imagine that conveyancing legislation specifically provided for the eventuality of vendors and buyers of land minimizing consideration via barter in order to deprive to poor government of its rightful pickin's.

The whole reason this is an issue is because those small towns you have never been to are on all physical maps and on Google Maps. They are ALL ON the official Ministry of transportation Road Map: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/

Wrong. First entry on list "Aberfoyle" is not on Map 2 like claimed - at least you can't see it. Just like on Google Maps it is identified as Puslinch. So much for "ALL".

Just because you haven't been there doesn't it shouldn't be there.

The whole reason this is an issue is because those small towns you have never been to are on all physical maps and on Google Maps. They are ALL ON the official Ministry of transportation Road Map: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/

Furthermore people use Map Apps to find towns they haven't been to - not to find towns they have been to!!!

Are the schools to blame though, or rent seeking stock photo sources?

The stock photo sources didnt put a gun to the schools head and make them choose this textbook.

In the case of Ontario, the Minister of Education creates a list of acceptable textbooks called the Trillium List which the schools may then choose from.

The question is, do you believe that this was the best art history textbook on the list? The guilty party depends on the answer.

Adding to parent info...

Govt of Ontario website quote (http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/en/Pages/Memberships_Arbitration_Clauses.aspx):

Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act voids any clause that attempts to make you waive your legal rights or promise not to go to court. Unless your contract pre-dates July 30, 2005, such contract clauses are legally ineffective. Consumers are not bound by them, even if they have accepted the agreement. The new law does not prevent you from agreeing to use arbitration after a dispute has arisen. Sometimes arbitration works quite well. But you cannot be forced to use arbitration instead of the courts or instead of complaining to the ministry. The choice is yours.

And possibly Quebec:

In Québec, the legislature adopted Bill 48... which amended Québec’s Consumer Protection Act, came into force on December 14, 2006. As a result of the amendments, no pre-dispute arbitration clause agreed to after that date will be upheld if it prohibits a class action or otherwise waives or restricts the consumer’s right to go to court.

JOIN US. POUTINE ISN'T AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS.

Unfortunately yes, it does seem to be legally binding.

If you live in Canada, the ruling is not binding. In Ontario for example, you're protected under the CPA(Consumer Protection act 2002). This law, ensures that no company may remove, or attempt to strip away your legal rights to sue, or force you into binding arbitration via contract, ToS, or EULA.

This comes from the case Kanitz v Rogers Cable

You think that's bad, when I was in highschool, in Ontario Canada, math class wasn't required after grade 10. Also science wasn't required after grade 10 either. Checking out the current requirements, it seems that grade 11 math is now required, but you don't have to take grade 11 science still. As a student who took math every year, plus 2 maths in grade 13, plus 1 or 2 science courses every year, I find it hard to imagine even getting enough credits without taking science or math courses. But I guess one could take phys ed, wood shop, and home every year to make up for the difference. I don't think that students should really be required to take math courses above grade 10, because, for the most part, nobody will ever use calculus or linear algebra in their day to day life, or even in a workplace setting. However what I think should be done is to incorporate math and science into the other courses. Make fractions part of auto shop by learning about gear ratios. Teach the the basic chemistry behind the combustion engine, and talk about the chemical properties of various fuels. Math and physics can easily be worked into wood shop. Home economics is full of math and chemistry just waiting to be taught. The same could be done for English courses. Get rid of teaching English for the sake of teaching English and incorporate essay writing and reading comprehension into the other courses.

You're wrong about the healthcare. Residence status for tax and for OHIP for instance are different.

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/travel.aspx

Well, what do you know. I was right :)

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/10-045.htm

Here It is exactly the same penalty as a DUI over legal limit.

Consequences of Drinking and Driving

Not where I live:
Other Ways to Loose Your License
"If you fail or refuse to provide a breath sample or to perform the physical co-ordination tests, you will be charged under the Criminal Code.
If you cannot give a breath sample or it is impracticable to obtain a sample of breath, the police officer can require you to provide a blood sample instead. "

Wow, so no arguments whatsoever? Not a single one? Could you point to some factual errors?

Undisputed:

• Plants grow faster, using less water, when we increase the CO2 levels to from 1000 to 5000 ppm. Here is some info for the curious ones.
• Increased temperature means increased evaporation and thereby increased precipitation. We can see this in numbers from NASA where the evaporation/precipitation over land is used to explain, for example, the reduction in sea levels from 2010 to 2011. In the NASA data we can also see where the increase in precipitation has come, for example over Australia and central and southern Africa. Places that really need it. Not in Texas though, but that's the fault of Rick Perry.
• An increase in food prices will have a negative effect on fighting off hunger. So will reduced investments in poor countries as we have seen since 2008.

The focus on ethanol production, and the use of staple food stuffs for ethanol production has had a hand in pushing food prices up over the past few years. The price of corn (maize) and rice has gone up 10% in some areas. This means less food for poor people.

The very steady and what looked like an un-reversible trend, of less and less people dying of starvation in the world took a turn in the wrong direction towards the end of the last decade. The price increases in staple foods meant less food for the poorest. It meant that a very, very good trend was reversed. It meant that people died who would not have died had it not been for the price increases.

That's just idiocy ... Good luck growing your crops in the middle of the desert with no irragation

One of the observed effects of the measured increase in temperature has been an increase in precipitation in arid areas. This should not come as a surprise, increased temperature means increased evaporation, that means increased precipitation (generally, it also means the atmosphere can hold more water, but the observed effect is increased precipitation - see NASA and decreasing sea levels). The maps linked to other places in this discussion shows that precipitation to hit, for example, Australia and the central and southern part of Africa. Two of the driest places on earth. It didn't hit Texas, but I think that is the fault of Rick Perry.

To keep plants warm enough so that they don't freeze

You are right, that is a very important function of the green house. Here is some some reading material on CO2 in green houses and why increasing CO2 levels to 1000ppm or more is a good thing if you want good growth while above 5000ppm can have a detrimental effect on both the grower and the grown.

That's because those death exist entirely in your imagination

Not even close. The number of people starving to death has been steadily dropping for decades. They get an up-swing when economic times are hard since that means reduced investments etc (NIKE and Adidas and their "children populated factories" have saved more people from starvation than all the worlds aid). The other thing that will make the starvation numbers go the wrong way is when food prices go up. Particularly with staple foods like corn and rice. The ethanol craze has driven these prices up significantly which means that the fight on starvation basically stalled around 2008 and took a turn the wrong way. That is people dying that otherwise would have lived.

a cap-and-trade regime to reduce CO2 emissions would effectively revert us to a pre-industrial economy.

It would, right? Currently atmospheric CO2 is at ~390ppm, and we need to reduce it to 350ppm to guarantee a stable atmosphere (eg). If we want to stop this immediately, like some scientists like James Hansen are suggesting we need to, then we'll have to reduce our global carbon footprint to negative. This essentially means no more cars, no more coal/oil/natural gas power plants. Even airplanes might be too much. Now, theoretically we could switch to electric cars, but those are still in the future. Saying it will revert us to 'pre-industrial' is too much, but if we want to stop the increase in CO2 in the next 5 years, can you see a way to do it that would not have an enormous economic impact?

I've even seen a few claim that we should be increasing CO2 emissions because it will improve agricultural productivity.

Uh, why do you think it wouldn't? It's not infrequently used in greenhouses.

Several provinces also have legislation protecting the right to pursue remedy by Courts (effectively allowing class proceedings).

This sort of legislation arose in response to arbitration clauses such as the one in AT&T, and in particular one in an agreement with Dell Computer (see Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801), that prevented class proceedings. See e.g. paragraph 64 of Griffin v. Dell Canada Inc., 2010 ONCA 29 (CanLII) .

An example of the legislation in question is in section 7 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 in Ontario.

My question is - Was she smoking outside due to the ludicrous Ontario anti-smoking laws? If so, then dough-head Dalton should share in some of the blame.

I'm very anti-smoking, but I think it's gone too far.

Up here in Ontario Canada, our local school gives out the dumbest grades to children. I swear they stole the grading system from Harry Potter's O.W.L. system -- basically they get A, B, C letter grades for certain aspects of the year, and then an "excellent / good / satisfactory / needs improvement" grade for other aspects of the course work (sample report card).

The unnecessary complexity becomes apparent when guides are made to help parents understand the grade system.

On top of this, the letter grading has been made substantially tougher (something I have no problem with). To quote:

The Ontario Ministry of Education changed its grading system several years ago in response to two different factors: to reduce disparity in reporting standards; and to reflect the academic achievement of the vast majority of Ontario students in the public education system. That's right, the vast majority of bright, capable students in the Ontario public elementary system are not straight-A achievers, but rather straight-B's.

I'm not so sure he's right, looking at the examples he gave. The examples are crowded and small (even the banner ads are smaller than on American web pages, maybe because they tend to have smaller laptops with smaller screens in Japan), but they aren't cluttered. They are simple in the sense that they present just what is needed, and nothing more. I think this matches the Japanese style he is referring to.

Just for comparison, look at the Japanese Ministry of Health and Ontario Ministry of Health web page. They both start out with a similar header, announcing what page you are on and showing the search function, but the Japanese page takes about half as much space. Then on the Japanese side it's just a solid wall of information from top to bottom. I question their color choices, but as someone else mentioned, Japanese like bright colors.

The Ontario web page then has a huge, stock-photo section with a small little section on each one. What a waste of space. I should say, to me it looks fine, but the same information could have been presented in significantly less space, and the photos, while pretty, are nothing more than that.

So I think it's just a matter of Japanese trying to fit the most amount of information into the least amount of space. Or maybe they don't trust stock photography of smiling people, I don't know.

Cars wanting to go straight can go around the bus, either because there are enough lanes or you can just pass the bus. A stopped bus can be gotten around, they pull over.

That would probably require you having to change lanes within an intersection, which I believe is against the rules here in Ontario.

In Ontario it's a stop:

Amber light

(15) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal showing a circular amber indication and facing the indication shall stop his or her vehicle if he or she can do so safely, otherwise he or she may proceed with caution. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (15).

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm

Little differences like this in laws are annoying.

Ontario (in Canada) has a hotline you can call to get help. It's staffed by registered nurses, not doctors. However it works pretty well, because the point of it is really to tell you if you should just to direct you to the next point of care. Be it the emergency room, walk-in clinic, family physician, or just a little bed rest. Nurses are perfect qualified to at least direct you to where you should be going after hearing the symptoms, and it's a lot cheaper than having doctors on the phone. I think the main point of it was to keep people from going to the emergency room simply because they had a cold. Which happens way more often then it should.

Electric bikes have been used and encouraged in Toronto for over three years. They can appear like stocky bicycles, or scooter-style. They have a maximum speed of 20 mph, and you don't need a drivers license, motorcycle license, license plate or insurance. A whole industry has sprung up around the legislation with many models of electric bicycles being sold.

Ontario Ministry of Transportation e-Bike FAQ

In BC, the Residential Tenancy Act has a blanket exemption for educational institutions' student/staff housing. That kind of thing isn't doesn't exist everywhere... I vaguely remember some cases about unlawful evictions against Ontario universities back when I lived there decades ago, and I see they have a narrower educational exemption...

Does it really surprise people that universities would need the same kinds of grounds for an eviction as any other landlord?

I am an American living in Canada with a legal permit. I have been here 4 years working and paying taxes. I am completely ineligible for Provincial insurance. I pay for my own insurance (I am required by law) and I am extremely limited to who I can see. An American in Canada, with out insurance, would simply be turned away unless it was an extreme emergency situation. The inverse in not true. Canadians, who can afford it, go over the border for medical services that are difficult to come by in Canada.

The health services in Canada are not as good for the average Canadian as the health services in America are for the average American. It seams to me that most Canadians don't care as much about the quality of care as they do that everyone receives the same care. As long as those people are not new immigrants of excluded types.

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ohip/eligibility.html

Ok..most of the posts so far made it sound like the law required you to keep both hands on the steering wheel. I've never had any thing but manual transmission cars all my life (2 seat sports cars)...so I'm not really used to keeping both hands on the wheel. Even when I drive other peoples' cars, that may be automatic, I only use one hand due to habit.

So, they'd not try to pull you over if you don't have both hands on the wheel..eh?

Agreed. Link to the official site - http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/distracted-driving/index.shtml. Hand-held communication devices are banned. You can use hands-free. You can use items attached to the dash. You can buy a 10-dollar mount for your iPod and that's acceptable. If the GPS is attached, that's also OK. And unless someone has managed to get coffee or a chocolate bar re-classified as a "communication" device, those aren't even touched by the new law.

But, you know, no need to get facts in the way of a good story. I mean, it's not like you could have found this stuff at the top link in google or anything.

Yes, that would be a problem if the law was at all like the summary says it is. It isn't of course, the summary seems to be fabrication and fear mongering.

No-one seems to bother including the actual text, but this pdf was the closest I could find: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/news/statements/stat081028-chart.pdf

Good gawd, that summary is terrible. To say it's not even vaguely accurate is an understatement. The list of what is and what is not allowed is available here.

Copy/pasting for those not interested in downloading the pdf:

What would not be allowed while driving, unless the vehicle is pulled off the roadway or lawfully parked
* Hand-held wireless communications devices such as cell phones, smartphones
* Hand-held electronic entertainment devices such as iPods, or other portable MP3 players, or portable games
* Texting and emailing
* Viewing display screens on devices not required for driving such as a laptop or DVD player

What would be allowed while driving
* Hands-free wireless communications devices with an earpiece or Bluetooth device
* 911 calls
* Pressing the button of a hand-held device to activate hands-free mode for incoming or outbound calls
* GPS units mounted on dashboards
* Collision avoidance systems
* Use by emergency services personnel such as police, fire and ambulance
* Logistical transportation tracking devices used for commercial vehicles

I think the unions have priced themselves out of the jobs. When bus drivers can make over $100 K a year (search for bus operator) (welcome fellow canadian, I'm from ottawa) it's no wonder that all the companies are filing for bankruptcy. Menial jobs that require little or no training make more than those that require university education.

Pit bulls--the real ones--are notoriously illegal in Ontario: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/dola-pubsfty/dola-pubsfty.asp. Apparently that's not so in the rest of Canada, but since the government is located there, the press might want to consider attacking like a pack of chihuahuas, or perhaps Cocker Spaniels.

2. Overtime policy - This generally doesn't vary much due to have a legislated minimum here (1.5x pay past 8 hours a day (or 12 if that's your schedule) or 40 hours per week), but it's always good to know.

The laws vary by province so check your local listings. For example, in Ontario Information Technology workers are exempt from overtime policy (among other policies).

• http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/guide/guide_22.html#information
• http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_010285_e.htm#BK16

So I would definitely clarify the overtime policy before accepting an offer.

2. Overtime policy - This generally doesn't vary much due to have a legislated minimum here (1.5x pay past 8 hours a day (or 12 if that's your schedule) or 40 hours per week), but it's always good to know.

The laws vary by province so check your local listings. For example, in Ontario Information Technology workers are exempt from overtime policy (among other policies).

• http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/guide/guide_22.html#information
• http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_010285_e.htm#BK16

So I would definitely clarify the overtime policy before accepting an offer.

Why do you insist on posting your own fantasies as if they had anything to do with the truth?

I live in "cooler climates". No, growers do not add CO2 to increase temperatures. Greenhouses being closed environments trap all the temp they need through sunlight on its own - if anything you ventilate the extra heat since you don't want to damage the plants.

http://www.umass.edu/umext/floriculture/fact_sheets/greenhouse_management/jb_ventilation.htm

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-077.htm

Most people like to engage in debates on forums to learn something new. I'm not really sure why you're here.

If you are in Ontario (I haven't research other jurisdictions) you are free of any contract you may have had with Telus.
Changing the prices definitely constitutes a material change.

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_02c30_e.htm

Let them know what you think:
Ontario Highway Transport Board
10th Floor, 151 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2T5
Canada

Telephone: 416-326-6732
Fax: 416-326-6738
e-mail: ohtb@mto.gov.on.ca

According to the Ontario Highway Transportation Board, there are many restrictions regarding carpooling...

Not according to the act.

The restrictions apply to "public vehicles", which explicitly excludes "car pool vehicles"

The whole brouhaha started because the service, as it currently operates, does not meet the definition of car pooling.

Quoted:

"car pool vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in the Highway Traffic Act,

(a) with a seating capacity of not more than twelve persons,

(b) while it is operated transporting no more than twelve commuters including the driver, none of whom pay for the transportation more frequently than on a weekly basis,

(c) that is not used by any one driver to transport commuters for more than one round trip per day, and

(d) the owner, or if the vehicle is subject to a lease, the lessee, of which does not own or lease another car pool vehicle unless the owner or lessee is the employer of a majority of the commuters transported in the vehicles,

but does not include a motor vehicle while being operated by or under contract with a school board or other authority in charge of a school for the transportation of children to or from school; ("véhicule de covoiturage")

If you are a good slashdotter who hates stupidity like this... email the minister of transportation and the premier of Ontario (similar to governor/prime minister for the province) and tell them what a bunch of fucktards they are if they don't do something about this.

Premier Dalton Mc Door Knob... err McGuinty
Minister of Transport Hon James J. Bradley

I believe in the democratic process. Let your representatives know how you feel.
Ontario Highway Transport Board
http://www.ohtb.gov.on.ca/eng/main.html
Telephone: 416-326-6732
Fax: 416-326-6738
e-mail: ohtb@mto.gov.on.ca

10th Floor, 151 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2T5
Canada

Just to show you how badly you are being misled, see Ontario Health Budget

The province of Ontario alone is planning to spend over $40,000,000,000 in 2008/9. This is only one province. Most estimates of the total bill in Canada, looking at all the provincial and federal budgets, are in the $125 billion range, which is reasonable given the population ratios.

Estimates that extrapolate from health services requirements and the cost of delivery don't tell the whole tale. The difference between the resource input and the services output is the real cost of socialized medical care. In Canada, the waste runs to about $75 Billion per year.

While electricity prices do vary from state to state, how much of a discrepancy do you think people could handle before their heads exploded?

"why should they only pay 7cents a kwh just because they live under a wind turbine while I have to pay 25cents because I'm in (the middle of nowhere near a generator|the middle of somewhere very busy where lots of people use lots of electricity)."

In northern ontario the electricity could be very cheap, there are is a lot of coal fired generation and lots of industry has shutdown so there isn't much load. There is also very little transmission capacity so the generation is "bottled in".
Sorry for the PDF link

Power should be cheaper there than in downtown Toronto but everybody pays the same price. Just like for beer in Ontario, which is only sold by the government, it costs the same from the government beer store in the middle of nowhere as it does in the middle of downtown toronto, although in that case you'd expect it to be cheaper in toronto.

This document seems to indicate that, among other things, the maximum penalty for losing would be 15% of the damages, and there would be no appeal.

But this is just the first result of a google search, I am neither Canadian nor a lawyer, and I didn't read it too carefully. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Actually, the Taser is not supposed to be used as an alternative to the gun. Unfortunately, even the police themselves perpetuate this myth.

The Taser is supposed to be an alternative to the baton and other physical attempts to subdue an individual. This is somewhat evidenced by the fact that the rate of occurrences in which the police use their gun have remained constant with the introduction of the Taser (at least in Canada -- I have no American statistics). Clearly, the Taser is not being used instead of the gun -- as it should not be.

However, police and politicians repeatedly use the "instead of a gun" argument to justify to the public the need for Tasers. They repeatedly say that there will be less shootings thanks to Tasers, even though they know -- and statistics show -- that this is not the case. Now that Tasers are being linked with a number of deaths, police and politicians are continuing to use this as a defense of Taser use.

I'm not saying that being Tasered isn't preferable to being beaten with a baton or pepper sprayed. I've never had any of them done to me. But let's at least frame the debate in the correct context. The number of injuries among both the police and the perpetrator resulting from attempts to subdue have decreased since Tasers were introduced.

From this article:

The first question that comes to mind is "what is causing all those power failures?"

Locally, the answer would be "gale force winds."

The second question I would ask - having lived on a family farm - founded ca. 1820 - is whether that DIY windmill can carry the load. Tractor-Driven Generators: Producing Quality Power

It may not be the case everywhere, but in Canada, if you are reported to the credit bureau, you have the opportunity to send a registered mail to the creditors/collections agency informing them that you dispute the charges and that they must proceed to court for a judgment against you. If they continue to contact you after that, and do not clear anything they have put on your credit record, you can sue them for fraud. Of course, if the judge believes them, you will have the mark on your credit record.

Check it here

However, without at least a phone call record that the accusers would have to provide, the judge will laugh them out of his courtroom. You may even get punitive damages against them for their vexatious action.

When a company threatens collections I say "Please, don't throw me in to the briar patch!". Collections makes it easy to FORCE the company to PROVE the charges against you.

The Canadian system is not dieing. Sure there are wait times, for certain non-life-threatening conditions, but I think it's better than the alternative. In the US, even if you are insured, they may not cover you, because you incorrectly filled out some form, or because some certain procedure is "too experimental". Also, because of whatever pre-existing condition some corporation doesn't like, you may not be able to get medical insurance at all. Also, that whole story about waiting 2-3 years is vastly exaggerated. Look at the real statistics. 9/10 people are treated for hip replacement within 207 days. That's less than 2/3 of a year, and nowhere close to 2-3 years. Sure in the US you could probably get the surgery faster, but the question is, would you be able to afford it?

Yet, though I agree that plurality as well as proportional systems from party lists need improvement or a change, I do not see how this is to fix major problems.

I generally disagree that our voting system is in need of a major change. The existing system in my jurisdiction, which is "first-past-the-post", has a number of advantages: it is simple, easy to understand, and has been shown to lead to (reasonably) representative and stable governments through over a century of use.

I think one should beware of the law of unintended consequences when it comes to a voting system. For instance, any increase in complexity in the voting system is likely to confuse at least some voters (e.g., in range voting, the voter might forget whether to assign a low score or a high score to the desired candidates). I am also willing to bet that making the voter work harder is likely to drive down participation, which would skew the results in unpredictable ways.

The vast majority of accidents are not caused by speed. You can look that up. If you don't believe me, the province I live in (which has similar maximum 100 km/h laws) has it on record. The vast majority of collisions are caused by events outside the drivers control ("driving properly). Next up is following too close, third fail to yield, fourth unknown, fifth losing control, sixth other, seventh speed to fast for conditions (not speeding, but going under the limit in bad weather), eighth improper turn, ninth disobeying traffic controls, tenth improper lane changes, eleventh improper passing, twelfth speed too fast.