The end of chapter? Perhaps, but who’s reading anyway.

So this began as project for a political science class at the university of British Columbia. Our little project for poli 303 “Canadian Federalism” has drawn to a close, but I’m thinking “why waste the effort?” Seeing that few of my fellow students are interested in reading or contributing to a fictitious new paper which was only meant to meet the needs of a not so engaging political science course… I’ve decided to rebrand. It’s not really a rebranding, more accurately it’s a hijacking of the forum and the name to rant without the fear of a sinking GPA to silence my prose. I event kicked off the other folks who were part of the “media team” when this all started.

Waining interest aside, there continues to be some traffic. I’m guessing mainly people who search random google returns or those last few students needing distraction from an otherwise hectic exam period. We’ll see if I can come up with anything worthy of a little attention/distraction.

Lumberjackskin

The Seditious Times

Yukon and Northwest Territories respond to the G.A.M.E Plan

The statement below is provided to us by the Yukon Northwest Territories delegation. 

“Yukon and Northwest Territories Commend Federal Government on Aboriginal Health

 

VANCOUVER – The Yukon and Northwest Territories at the First Ministers’ Conference in Vancouver would like to express their support for the “game plan” brought forward by the Federal government. The “game plan” proposed by the Federal government addresses specifically the needs of the aboriginal people in regards to healthcare.

 

“We are very proud and honoured that the Federal government took action on the issue of Aboriginal health by introducing the ‘game plan.’ The ‘game plan’ provides for viable solutions to the problems facing the Aboriginal and rural communities,” Timothy Chu, the Premier of the Yukon Territory said.

 

The Yukon and Northwest Territories are looking forward to the Federal government’s implementation of the “game plan.”"

A Losing G.A.M.E. Plan

The following information was recently leaked to the media:

“Our GAME Plan which stands for Grants for Aboriginal Medical Education, will provide funding to aboriginal health care professional students. The purpose of the GAME Plan is to promote the progression of heath care professionals in the Aboriginal community.  We intend for this to help improve aboriginal health overall as we expect that these new health care professionals will be able to help members in their own community.”

These were the views held by the federal government right up until it was pressed by delegations such as PEI, who has an aboriginal community of only 1,000. The feds then changed their G.A.M.E. Plan to include people living in rural areas. Is there a specific population they have in mind that sets the standard? This is their “made-in-Canada” approach. Thanks for the effort, but please try again. Several delegations, including Nova Scotia, have pressed the federal government to seamlessly integrate foreign trained medical professionals into the Canadian medical system. “We will get better bang out of our buck,” stated the Nova Scotia delegate, by employing these trained immigrants. They feel there must be a standardized test to move these health care professionals quickly into our system, which would be more efficient than the feds’ G.A.M.E. Plan.  

It appears that most provinces are speaking in unison in regards to this issue. New Brunswick made a clear and blunt response to the Federal Government’s G.A.M.E Plan. In relations to transfer payments, which was discussed earlier today, the Federal Government failed to come to an agreement with the provinces. New Brunswick pointed out that while the Federal Government is reluctant to guarantee minimum transfer payments, they are willing to inject money into this plan. Provinces are arguing that this plan is not well thought out and not inclusive.  

Dana Windover and Joyce Chan, The Seditious Times