What's wrong with this picture?

Nothing really, but it's certainly a foreign concept to most Canadians.

This picture was taken at the Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Look above the 5 and you'll see that a hospital is giving money to a shopping mall. Quite the opposite to the situation where local people and businesses are being begged to make voluntary donations on top of their taxes in support of an sustainable healthcare system.

Clearly this hospital is making bad financial decisions. I mean with all that money being spent on advertising their service must suffer. Just think of the shortages of beds, doctors, nurses and supplies. I imagine the wait in their Emergency Room goes on for days.

Oh. Maybe these guys are onto something with the whole "competition" thing after all.

H/T: To photog Janet Neilson.

A Good Day for Liberty

As we near the end of what has been a very bad week for liberty (federal spending up 7%, Ontario announces plans to hike its job-killing minimum wage) a couple of bright spots emerge.

In Ontario, a group of prostitutes challenge a set of laws that make life very dangerous for some of society's most vulnerable. No matter what your views on prostitution I think it's clear here that the laws against cause more problems than the acts they're designed to prevent.

New Brunswick's Liberal government opens up a dialogue on private health care delivery, and federal Conservative Minister of Health Tony Clement gives a vague answer sure to upset those on both sides of the debate.

Both look like great conversation starters for the festivities following Saturday's Windsor Liberty Seminar.