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People in the states already have excessive waits. We have death panels also, they are insurance companies that deny coverage.

I suppose that depends on what you define as "excessive waits" you can see Ontario's wait list here. I don't know many people who if they had the option would wait 4mo for cancer treatment to start - that's after seeing a specialist. Especially 4mo is plenty of time where treatable becomes unrepeatable. Yes, we also have death panels here they're called the government. With the passage of "compassionate death" options, they'll even try to force you to kill yourself. There's a few people currently fighting the federal government over this, because even though they're terminal they have no desire to kill themselves.

Plus, don't complain about medication when it's about double or more for the same meds and expensive insurance still has large deductibles and pays only a portion of the cost. It's sad when people have to go to Canada and Mexico for medications and treatments because in many cases paying directly is cheaper than in the states with coverage.

The US has a bigger problem that instead of leveraging their buying power, they piss it into the wind. Ask yourself why at state levels they don't get together and buy? That's what Canada does. And people don't come to Canada for healthcare unless they're so damned poor in the US that they either enter illegally and commit healthcare fraud, or it's one of the extremely rare not-for-profit centers that does treatment. There was a rather big shitshow a few years ago about the private hernia treatment center and the government trying to shut it down. Seriously, you wait for nearly everything. If you're lucky, you might live in a city where you can get same-day CT scans - if you're lucky. Xrays are same day in most cases, but not always. MRI? You're waiting, most people wait 1-3mo.

Need a pain clinic? Good luck. The opioid 'crisis' means that doctors who operated them have said "fuck this shit if we can't listen to patients and prescribe based on experience and what they're telling us. We're quitting." Oh and that's not even starting on some of the really big shit, like telling doctors that they have to operate a practice and do hospital rounds - oh but they're not going to pay you for the hospital rounds. You can do them for free and like it(Wonder why the previous government in Ontario can now fit into a dodge minivan?). My neurologist who's in the GTA(I drive ~180km one-way every 3mo for a checkup, migraines and treatment from when I broke my back in two places), gives an estimate of 18 months for them in her area. My local GP? Ah shit. Well if you're lucky enough to have one, it's around 29 months to a pain clinic. I know people who've been waiting 10 years for a family doctor.

> I don't recall the exact numbers, but something like
> only 12% of High School Seniors have been on a date.

Society has changed and viruses have evolved. Showing my age here. Back in the mid-1960's 12 and 13 year olds were going on dates and screwing. No problem. Today if a pair of 15-year-olds get caught having consensual sex in a jurisdiction where age-of-consent is 16, they *BOTH* end up on the sex-offender-registry for life. And back in the 60's, condoms were made fun of. If you caught something, a few penicillin shots would cure it in a couple of weeks, and you were good to go. That was before herpes and aids. And don't get me started on "The Sharia Law of Date Rape". It's basically "I accuse thee, I accuse thee, I accuse thee" and the guy is instantly guilty. Is it any wonder guys are avoiding dating?

> And, only about 1/3 of current 16 year olds have a driver's license. (These numbers may be off,
> but the general gist is right). That's.... odd... Among my group of peers, getting a DL was.. everything..
> It was freedom.. It was independence.. Most of my friends took the test on their birthday. I certainly did.
> Spending a day at the DMV on your 16th birthday is what everyone did. Now... apparently not so much...

Here in Ontario, Canada, things are extremely different. https://www.ontario.ca/page/ge...

* age 16; written test and eye exam for "G1" licence, i.e. beginner's permit. Must have a person in front seat who has held a valid G licence for at least 4 years
* cannot drive on major highways/expressways, unless the accompanying person in front seat is a provincially certified driving instructor
* after 12 months (or 8 months if you train at a provincially certified driving school) you can do the G1 driver's test
* if you pass that, you get a "G2" licence. You can now drive alone, etc, but there are still some restrictions if you're under 19.
* keep your nose clean for 12 months and pass yet another test, and you get the full "G" driver's licence.

The *MINIMUM* timeline is age 18 without a provincially certified driving school, or 17 years and 8 months with a provincialy certified driving school.

And a driver's licence means nothing of you don't have a car. Back in the 1960's a do-it-yourself mechanic, or a local garage could keep an old clunker running. With today's computerized cars, only dealers can even read the diagnostics, let alone tune or repair the settings.

Try to get a used car for under $5,000 today. Oh, and forget about part time jobs at a fast food joint. Adults have taken them as 2nd jobs to make ends meet. And did I mention sky high insurance for young drivers?

Thanks, you clearly have a better handle on provincial finances than myself.

How does he clearly have a better handle? He didn't provide any citations or links. How do you verify what he's saying is true or not?

Looking things up myself, here are a couple links of interest on the claim that 50-70% of Ontario's GPD comes from outside Toronto

https://www.statista.com/stati...

https://www.ontario.ca/data/on...

If anything, reality is the opposite of his claim: while manufacturing and agriculture is no small part, the lion's share of Ontario's GPD comes from the service sector.

I'm not going to tell you what to think like Mashiki seems to be doing. I suggest you go look things up yourself.

It's worth noting that this pilot was not UBI; there was a means test for getting the money, and the amount of money received directly corresponded to income. It was basically a welfare reform pilot using the hot trendy words of the day: https://www.ontario.ca/page/on...

Also it was killed because there was an election, a different party got in, and said different party has been killing every program the previous government instituted on principal.

Agreed, the article is poorly titled. The government is calling it the Ontario Basic Income Pilot: https://www.ontario.ca/page/on...

I live in Ontario, Canada, and we are not allowed to even hold our unpowered cellphones while stopped at a red light, let alone text on it.

Sounds more like they're catching up - https://www.ontario.ca/page/sm...

Too bad it wasn't "script-free Ontario"! All I got to see was a list of scripts it had to run to show me anything. Just closed it.

Sounds more like they're catching up - https://www.ontario.ca/page/sm...

Yes, I'm telling you, Canada and the US are the same here. It's still not your data. You control the access, but that's about it. It's "your" data, not your data.

The law is telling you it's not. The privacy act makes that fundamentally clear. So do things like PHIPA and so do things like PIPEDA. "Your" data is yours, PHIPA even goes further allowing patients to "lock box" personal information from ALL parties except those directly disclosed.

Not entirely true... As part of the Climate Change Action Plan, the Ontario government has stated the following:

Ontario will work with the federal government to explore ways to provide full-HST relief to purchasers of new battery electric vehicles, with the objective of introducing this relief by 2018.

Then there's the, up to $14,000 or 30% of MSRP (whichever is lower) rebate that already exists for EVs (depending on number of seats in vehicle and battery size). A Nissan Leaf qualifies for $9600.
 
So, between the rebate and not having to pay HST, you're looking at a savings of $13760 for what you'd pay for the $32k Nissan Leaf after taxes (assuming $32k is the price before taxes). Or it'd be a $22,400 car with no taxes.
 
Still have to pay delivery though.

Also, depends on where you live. In Ontario there's quite a few shots given to infants. According to Wikipedia, infant is usually defined as up to 12 months old. Here's the Ontario vaccine schedule for the first year.

At 2 and 4 months old, babies should receive the following vaccines:
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, haemophilus influenza type b
pneumococcal conjugate
rotavirus

At 6 months old, babies should receive the following vaccine:
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, haemophilus influenza type b

At 12 months old, babies should receive the following vaccines:
pneumococcal conjugate
meningococcal conjugate (Men-C-C)
measles, mumps and rubella

In Canada, it's not so much a matter of programs "should not" as "must not" call themselves "engineers". The terms "engineer" and "engineering" are legally protected in all jurisdictions in Canada, much like the terms "lawyer", "medical doctor", etc.

Programmers who are not licensed professional engineers may not call themselves engineers. The computer science and computer/software/electrical/systems engineering programs at Canadian universities are very different. The engineering programs are accredited at the national level (http://www.engineerscanada.ca/accreditation-resources) to ensure a minimum standard of education for the practice of engineering. There are also post-graduation examination(s) and internship requirements (typically 4 years) prior to licensing. There is no such accreditation for non-engineering programming/related programs.

Further, programmers who are not licensed professional engineers may not do the work of engineers, even if they don't use the term. Many companies have trouble with this one. The definition of what constitutes engineering work can be found here: http://www.peo.on.ca/index.php... - For example, a programmer who is not a licensed professional engineer may not design the software controlling a self-driving car because life and safety are at risk.

Laws & regulations: (For Ontario, but similar in all Canadian provinces/territories): http://www.ontario.ca/laws/sta... & http://www.ontario.ca/laws/reg...

In Canada, it's not so much a matter of programs "should not" as "must not" call themselves "engineers". The terms "engineer" and "engineering" are legally protected in all jurisdictions in Canada, much like the terms "lawyer", "medical doctor", etc.

Programmers who are not licensed professional engineers may not call themselves engineers. The computer science and computer/software/electrical/systems engineering programs at Canadian universities are very different. The engineering programs are accredited at the national level (http://www.engineerscanada.ca/accreditation-resources) to ensure a minimum standard of education for the practice of engineering. There are also post-graduation examination(s) and internship requirements (typically 4 years) prior to licensing. There is no such accreditation for non-engineering programming/related programs.

Further, programmers who are not licensed professional engineers may not do the work of engineers, even if they don't use the term. Many companies have trouble with this one. The definition of what constitutes engineering work can be found here: http://www.peo.on.ca/index.php... - For example, a programmer who is not a licensed professional engineer may not design the software controlling a self-driving car because life and safety are at risk.

Laws & regulations: (For Ontario, but similar in all Canadian provinces/territories): http://www.ontario.ca/laws/sta... & http://www.ontario.ca/laws/reg...

This entire section more or less:
http://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p54

Now, if that should be considered publicly available info is up for debate

It's a matter of public record.

http://www.ontario.ca/en/ontgazette/STEL01_033657.html
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/index-eng.html

Each province has their own equivalent of the Gazette. If you know the name of somebody and the province they were born in (and seriously, there's only 10), you can find what year they were born in by searching by name. All births, deaths, and name changes are published as part of the vital statistics act. You *can* have something like that be non-published (I did a name change a few years ago that was non-published), but there's a *very* strict set of criteria under which it's allowed, and it's done by special request only.

The project was to up upgrade the existing hydroelectric generating stations that currently generate a little over 1.9 Gigawatts of electricity from the waters of the Niagara River. The Niagara River (on which you will find Niagara Falls) flows between the two Great Lakes, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It will add around 200 MW of power generating capacity. Thiswould have been a better news release article and explains a bit of the "green" projects in Ontario.

There: all you ever wanted to know about WTF the OP's linked article should have told you. FWIW, I agree that the OP's linked article is pretty lame. But that's nothing new for mainstream journalism. But I have to admit, Canadian news media that were once pretty damned good, are now pretty damned weak (Leaving out important contextual information, inability to spell, lack of grammar skills, just not understanding what the fuck they are reporting on and too lazy to find out).

3.8 meters/second average is not a windy area

No kidding! This is a "study of wind power in an area that anyone who knows anything about wind power knows is unsuitable for wind power." Duh.

The Government of Ontario has an excellent resource on available wind in the province:

http://www.lio.ontario.ca/imf-ows/imf.jsp?site=windpower_en

The legend doesn't even go down to 3.8 m/s!

On my block, which is downtown in a lake-shore city, at 100 magl (metres above ground level, an acronym that does not appear to be defined anywhere on this otherwise excellent site) the average wind speed is 6 m/s, which is in the acceptable range. Because available power goes as the cube of wind velocity 6 m/s is nearly a four times increase in power over 3.8 m/s!

Small windmills are not for everyone, but this study is simply bogus if they're reporting the wind velocity correctly.