So what does two-tier care actually “solve”?

Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.

It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.

I'm open to there being better alternatives; what are some formal mechanisms you've seen that are better at providing responsible levers for the public to participate in or challenge governance?

Huh, nice job holding him to account! I'm not used to reporters doing that on the CBC. Love to see it.

What's happening over there is brutal. I hope the recall efforts can help trigger an election earlier to help translate some of the frustration and anger into organizing.

Frankly, even those who don't care for biodiversity ought to remember that cats roaming outdoors unattended are much more likely to catch serious diseases and die younger, more violent deaths.

(I assume that's the same in the UK, though I recognize you don't have the large predators we have in NA.)

My cats are indoor-only unless they're on a leash, and if I ever own a house (haha... ha) they'll get an enclosed catio for spending time outside.

Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.

Case in point, the article calls her a "community organizer" right before saying she has no "meaningful" management experience. There's a very clear ideology around what counts as "management" and what doesn't.

Ultimately, and I think the conclusion of the article agrees with this too, I think we need to let go of the distracting question of whether technologies are quantitatively or qualitatively new and just look at what they are actually doing and determine how to best regulate those actual effects.

I would caution that I've seen people argue that the effects of tech are nothing we haven't seen before, and therefore attempts to regulate it beyond what is already regulated are misguided or authoritarian, and that it doesn't actually pose a threat at all.

Fully agreed. The idea that living in safety and dignity is something that must be "earned" (and thus can be rightfully denied to someone who has not "earned" it) is pretty appalling to me.