I work in the cable industry (again here in Buffalo where I just moved, worked for a different company a few years back) and here in the US our providers pay their carriers fees for the broadcast, its not the same as web content in any way. I agree with this because it helps local TV be funded...

If Canadian cable and/or satellite providers pay nothing to over the air networks they should start doing so, plain and simple. Its only fair because they make a great deal of money by delivering their signals.

People are free to think anyway they wish, but whenever the H1N1 vaccine becomes available for the rest of us I'm getting it immediately. A friend of mine back in Pittsburgh got it last month and he said it feels far worse than the normal flu and takes much longer to get over, and its not been...

Lieberman doesn't really have influence anymore, he had a major split with Democrats in 2006, he won because Republicans voted for him, and he has no future in the party if he does this.

The framework for a public option isn't there if they don't pass it now, and there is zero political will to get it done after this crucial vote. Its the way the system is, it took 16 years since the last serious health reform package was voted on. Before health reform totally failed in 1993...

The Democrats won't be gutless if they oust Joe Lieberman from his committee chairmanship. Its Joe's personal choice if he wants to remain in the Democratic caucus, but it wouldn't surprise me if he switches teams over it.

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What I said, my actual words, is that if you privatize a service it doesn't automatically make things work in a win-win situation as you stated. It isn't that simple.

He doesn't bring up fair questions, his wife is the head of a lobbying effort to protect private health insurance and pharma interests. He's in total loyalty to them, and fillibuster is a procedural vote. Lieberman is particularly bad because he was so warmly welcomed by Obama and Reid helped...

^I wished that were reality metroman, it won't happen though... As many of you know, what the House does is almost irrelevant in the larger scheme of things. The Senate can alter, block, and/or change any of the legislation. As many of you know, the Senate is where all the action is in the US...

I hadn't seen the first three episodes of the new National format, the first two days sound horrible.

Even the Olympics are over-hyped a great deal and don't mean much beyond infrastructure improvements and hometown pride in the longer term. The costs of hosting it are a bit high for a morale booster, so really the financial part usually comes down to improved infrastructure. So yea, the Pan...

Congrats Toronto! Toronto 2020 for the Olympics! :cool:

I don't see it the same way. The new CBC look doesn't mimic CNN or MSNBC or Fox, what it does is make the news more headline oriented with flashier graphics. The actual content is still headline and non-opinion hard news with op/ed's like Rex Murphy as part of a larger package... In other...

Bringing up the problem in the US is entirely relevant because Canada needs to avoid the problem, not create the problems America has by going too-private and too for-profit. Its not good to simplify the issue that "oh, if we privatize this service its a win-win for everyone and it fixes all...

BTW, I'm not 100% opposed to opening up 3rd party products like imaging techniques (MRI's, CT Scans, etc) to private buyers. Its actually not an essential medical service in many respects, and those who can afford it would buy it while those that can use the public system can actually end up...

Plenty of people here in the US that go without an MRI for various reasons, so opening up private clinics does not automatically make a win-win situation. Afterall, if you get the right doctor and express how much pain you're in you won't be waiting 8 months according to other Canadians I've...

^I've obviously been indoctrinated by MSNBC and Fox News for far too long, it still seems like genuine news to me. Hard to tell from an American perspective.

The CBC has reached a balanced approach in this new infotainment age. They are still providing serious reporting and investigative reporting, but delivering it in a more attention getting way. Its not like the news has went to opinion. While I like the BBC, it can be a bit too dry at times...

I forgot to ask you, couldn't you have gotten a second opinion on the MRI from another doctor in Canada instead of coming to Buffalo? This is something that baffles me about the different health experiences I've heard, you hear one person say they got second opinions and/or complained about the...