family...
My mother was told she was "too young" for knee surgery. So I guess
she just suffers until they figure she is old enough? My cousin was
told that a test she needed was too expensive, sorry.
Actually I got to see it first hand when I was in the Sault in the
summer of 2001. I fell off someone's porch and could not walk... the
hospital told me I was taking advantage of the Canadian health care
system when I asked for an Xray. I had to get really sarcastic and ask
if they really meant to tell me I had to drive across the border to
get medical care before they would agree. The leg turned out to not be
fractured; but I don't think the idea that it might be is unreasonable
when you can't walk.
I am really sorry about your mother and about the mess by the way. I
wish I had a suggestion, but I don't....
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Meloche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 17:16:36 -0400
Subject: Re: who votes?
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Larry, I hate this latest tendancy for a newspaper to require you to
register to read an article. That Post link required me to register
to see the article. I shouldn't have to give a company my email
address just to read a webpage... so I declined.
The PCs in Ontario under Mike Harris lowered taxes (only a little),
but they made so many cuts that it's not the province I grew up in.
My mother's expenses were so high when my dad went into "continuing
care" (in other words... mom had to pay) for two years before he died
that she had to get a mortgage to pay them off. Now, the estate is
stuck with the mortgage, and I have no choice but to sell the house I
grew up in. The bank won't give me a mortgage because I don't live or
work in Canada and wouldn't live in the house. If I did live in the
house, I would have to quit my job - it's a Catch 22.
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 10:30:41 -0400, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was some coverage in the Post but the US is so insular that any
> coverage is remarkable. Here's the latest little bit:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24504-2004Jul2.html
>
> The interesting thing about the article is that is really echos what
> many of my friends back in BC and Manitoba talked about. Several of
> them were Tories but voted liberal because of their dislike (rather
> disgust) of Harper.
>
> I really feel the same way about the Conservatives myself. They were
> responsible for a 60% cut in federal funding for research. When my
> grant was zeroed out, I really had no choice but to look to the US. I
> know of many other grad students and scientists who ended up doing the
> same.
>
> larry
>
>
>
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:39:30 -0400, Brian Meloche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:59:15 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > PQ has 54 seats? Wow. Who is the leader of the PC part right now? I
> > > though it was a matter of a minority Liberal government?
> >
> > Stephen Harper is the leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada,
> > which was formed to merge the Progressive Conservatives and the
> > Alliance Party. The Conservatives got 99 seats, second to the
> > Liberals' 135. A majority is 155 of the 308 seats. With the NDP with
> > 19 and one independent, the Liberals were able to form a government...
> > barely. Minority governments don't tend to last very long. I imagine
> > that will be the case this time.
> >
> > Thanks to being in Windsor due to the recent death of my mother (for
> > those that don't already know), I got to vote this time around in an
> > advance poll. I voted Liberal, but the NDP MP won the riding. I used
> > to be a "card-carrying" member of the party, but now I just think they
> > are the lesser of evils. Conservatives will never get my vote after
> > the GST... NEVER... no matter what they currently call themselves.
> >
> > By the way, I never saw any coverage in the States about the Canadian election.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Brian Meloche
> > http://www.brianmeloche.com
> >
> >
>
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