Respirer par le nez (extraits) Le gouvernement Marois n’a pas encore dévoilé sa Charte des valeurs québécoises. Mais le haut des rideaux est déjà encombré d’âmes indignées et ruisselle de larmes de crocodile. Vous pouvez tenir pour acquis que rien de ce que fera le PQ dans ce domaine ne trouvera grâce aux yeux de…
Northern lights The Nordic countries are reinventing their model of capitalism, says Adrian Wooldridge The Economist special report sees the Nordic countries as role model and a source of inspiration for politicians and reformers by offering a blue print of “how to reform the public sector, making the state far more efficient and responsive”. The Economist…
Jeffrey Simpson Penguin (BAnQ) Critique de Quil & Quire Simpson’s thoroughly researched book employs a mixture of first-hand reporting (including dispatches from a hospital emergency room), the findings of a variety of international health-care studies, and the author’s decades of experience covering Canadian politics. He persuasively argues that our vaunted health-care system is not only less…
By David Kocienniewski, The New-York Times MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a shrewd maneuver by Goldman Sachs and other financial players that ultimately costs consumers…
BBC News The dusty tent city, about 12km (eight miles) from the Syrian border, is the world’s second-largest refugee camp – behind Dadaab in eastern Kenya – and has become the fourth largest city in Jordan. It now welcomes 2,000 new residents each day and is made up of 30,000 shelters and administration buildings.
James Oliphant | National Journal A profile of Ken Feinberg, who has assisted in determining how to dole out funds for the victims of 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Newtown shooting, and the BP oil spill. The story raises larger questions about when we give to victims of tragedies, and when we don’t and why:…
Marc André Gagnon sur Vin Québec Les ventes en volume ont diminué pendant au moins deux trimestres. Une baisse de 266 000 bouteilles pour le troisième trimestre de l’an dernier et de 532 000 bouteilles pour le premier trimestre de cette année. Que c’est-il passé? Pourtant le directrice des communications de la SAQ disait bien l’an dernier que…
Radio-Canada.ca La motivation au sevrage de l’alcool n’est pas qu’une question de volonté. Des chercheurs français de l’Université de Caen Basse-Normandie ont découvert qu’une atrophie cérébrale jouerait un rôle dans le manque de motivation à cesser l’alcool observé chez certains dépendants. ——- Le Kiosque a publié Les Anonymes: Petite histoire des groupes anonymes Deux millions de membres…
Article du Spiegel A supposed epidemic of male menopause is upon us — but in reality, this is a prime example of how pharmaceutical companies create and exploit new markets. Treatments such as testosterone gels could be doing more harm than good.
The Gazette MONTREAL — The number of contaminated sites across Quebec keeps growing year after year, and usually the provincial Environment Department becomes aware of them only after chemical spills — like the one in Pointe-Claire that involved PCBs — a government-commissioned report concludes.