Flying Colours Woven

01/09/2026

As leaders, we must continue to put forward a vision of an "optimal" system for every Albertan — one that moves beyond reactive "sick-care" toward a model of high-value investment.
Read the full president's letter on the AMA website: https://www.albertadoctors.org/news/publications/presidents-letter/its-a-challenge-to-aim-when-you-cant-see-the-target/

01/08/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Don't reject the evidence.
And don't follow their final, most essential command.

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01/03/2026

"Canada needs leaders who put our interests first and act within the law. Not parrots of Trump."

12/31/2025

"They are going to have a hard time rebranding old school repression as some kind of life style upgrade - not unless they've found a way to silence the women who were actually there."

12/21/2025

Ah...Christmas has arrived...finally!!

12/19/2025

"They don’t chase the puck — they anticipate it."

"this shift matters — economically, culturally, long-term"

12/13/2025

From my favourite theoretical astrophysicist (who studies the universe from beginning to end), Dr Katie Mack...

12/12/2025

My meta to you on this snowy day..."I hope you make it..."

12/06/2025

"we’re all getting lost debating the individual moves happening here at home and missing the bigger picture. The decisions PM Carney and others are making aren’t random or disconnected. They’re the early outline of Canada’s response to a very real American strategy."

12/05/2025

"Observations, measurements, experimental results; gathered through rigorous, standardized methods.
And observable, measurable, and reproducible by others.
And just published in JAMA."

Yup.
We are vaccinated.

11/30/2025

If I pay to have my shoulders replaced privately, will the surgical list in the public system get shorter?

No.

In fact the list in the public system may get longer.

There is a FINITE number of physicians, OR nurses, anaesthesiologists etc. There are not enough HSWs to run 2 systems.

Did you know that there are ORs not being scheduled/used in the public system?

Surgeons want OR time to work and shorten their lists.

If HCWs are working in the private system then they are not available to work in the public system.

If I pay ($40,000/shoulder), those of you on the list waiting for joint replacement will end up waiting longer.

Jumping the surgical cue is not sustainable for our healthcare system.

I have been on the surgical list now for almost 2 years and will wait my turn.

My decision is not really that noble as I am using the wait time to rehab the shoulders.
If my rehab goes well, I may opt out of surgery!

That's a win/win in my books!