Posts Tagged as ‘canada’

December 5, 2008

catching up on Canada

I am now more up to date on Canadian political affairs than I have been in many years. Thanks to Neil Macdonald (what a great Canadian name) up there at the CBC:
My dear American neighbours,
I see the political crisis in Canada has finally made it into the Washington Post’s Foreign Briefs column.
So, anticipating a [...]

October 10, 2008

Krugman misjudges the Canadian Health Care system

I actually heard this on the radio last week, but the Club For Growth gives a good summary:
In a debate sponsored by Intelligence Squared US, liberal economist Paul Krugman tried to defend universal healthcare, but in the process, got humiliated by the audience. Check out this wonderful excerpt from the transcript (PDF):
PAUL KRUGMAN
And private insurance? [...]