Monday, May 21, 2012
By Diego Zuluaga Laguna
Apr. 18, 2012
As part of his 2010 healthcare reform package, President Obama instructed Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to evaluate possible reforms to the country’s malpractice laws on a state-by-state basis. This is not the first attempt to fundamentally change the American civil justice system – since 1986, 38 states have undertaken some kind [...]
By Richard Carozza
Apr. 15, 2012
Recent studies in the United States have listed being sued as the most prominent fear that physicians face, before fiscal woes, life-and-death situations involving patients, and their own deaths. This is a classic symptom of one of many illnesses currently plaguing the American health care system: the issue of medical malpractice. This is, of course, [...]
Politics, Society
By Beni Broniscer Fisch
May. 18, 2012
After an extraordinary all-night marathon session at the National Assembly, Jean Charest’s Liberals have used their majority to approve the special legislation known as Law 78. The bills passed with a 68-48 majority, with unanimous support from the Liberals and the centre-right CAQ party. The special law project – not-so-creatively titled An Act to enable students [...]
Economics, Politics
By Diego Zuluaga Laguna
May. 14, 2012
The victory of Socialist François Hollande over incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of France’s presidential election last week received mixed responses, both within and outside the Eurozone. To many on the left and in Europe’s south, Hollande’s election comes as a breath of fresh air, the light at the end of the tunnel [...]
Politics, Society
By Richard Carozza
May. 10, 2012
In what many people, including me, considered a surprising move, President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first sitting president of the United States to support such legislation. Up until today, I was actually of the opinion that Mr Obama should not come out in favour; it’s not that [...]
Politics
By Beni Broniscer Fisch
May. 9, 2012
Just when all the evidence pointed to the possibility of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calling an early election – with rumours indicating a likely September date, over a full year ahead of that required by the constitution – the Prime Minister announced yesterday the formation of a coalition government with the more centrist party [...]
Politics, Society
By Richard Carozza
Apr. 12, 2012
I usually opt not to discuss abortion; I’ve always maintained that as a man, it’s not my place to be making judgments regarding a woman’s body. Of course, that does not deter the convictions of my pro-life friends, and I respect that. Unlike my anathema towards my friends that petition for the barring of same-sex [...]
Economics, Politics, Society
By Beni Broniscer Fisch
Apr. 8, 2012
About a month ago I wrote an article explaining some of the reasons why I am in favour of the Charest government’s controversial tuition hikes. I briefly touched upon the economic argument – namely that, while tuition has remained frozen for the majority of the past 44 years, the rate of inflation accumulated between 1968 [...]