Google reviews of Canadian hospitals mostly negative; Carney’s vanishing conditions for recognizing a Palestinian state; and more
- Online patient reviews tend to be biased towards negative experiences, but 75% of these reviews provide actionable feedback that can help improve hospital care.
- Critics argue that Canada’s recognition of Carney’s predicates lacked genuine conditions, serving more as political cover than enforceable requirements.
- Experts warn against policing non-criminal offensive speech, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between criminal threats and free expression.
- Eric Lombardi, an outsider candidate for Ontario Liberal leadership, calls for a return to foundational liberal values and advocates for change beyond criticizing Premier Doug Ford.
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Because people with a negative experience are more likely to leave an online review, the results are not a fully representative sample of the patients treated in hospitals, said a lead author of the study. And three-quarters of the reviews were “actionable,” he added, meaning they could be used to meaningfully improve care on the ground.
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“Ottawa has still not demonstrated that Carney’s predicates were ever genuine conditions. Canada granted recognition first and left elections, reform and demilitarization for later. Conditions that do not have to be met are not conditions. They are political cover,” Taub states.
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“There’s an important distinction to be made between criminal threats or promoting hatred, and offensive, yet non-criminal, comments, jokes or insults. It’s strange that this would have to be pointed out,” says Breakenridge. “If we allow non-criminal matters to become the purview of the police, we’re putting ourselves on a worrisome path.”
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Stinson profiles Eric Lombardi, a “classic outsider candidate” for the leadership of the Ontario Liberals, who is willing to criticize those that have gone before him instead of making his entire campaign about the evils of Premier Doug Ford. “We’re losing the foundation of liberal values in the small-L sense, and I think that there’s an appetite for change, something different,” Lombardi says.
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Social media footage showed the shadow of an individual attempting to slash an Israeli tent with a knife. The video then cut to security officers detaining the assailant in the main festival area, as chants of “All the Zionists are racists” were heard in the background.
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“I’m of the opinion that the vast majority of people in Toronto do not hate us, and certainly not to the point where they want us to leave or they want us to die,” Jack Berkovits of Omni Jewelcrafters said. But for some Jews, wearing Judaica or not is sometimes a matter of discretion. “There is a difference between being cautious and being ashamed,” says one man.
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