Anyone with a teenager in school, especially one actively involved in sport teams, knows the difficulty of getting both you and your kid to an immunization clinic – then waiting four hours.
Given that teens are one of the prime targets for H1N1, I can't help but wonder why there isn't a busload of nurses pulling up to city high schools and running clinics in gyms.
Heaven knows, there is no nursing shortage – Stephen Duckett said so in one of his first news releases.
Presumably it was the same release in which he froze hiring and promised that service from Alberta Health would only get better...all of this about the same time the coming pandemic was becoming more and more imminent.
Duh!
And then there was Ron Liepert on Day One, figuratively standing in a deep pile of public anger doo-doo, proudly congratulating Alberta Health for accomplishing 38,000 immunizations on the first day.
Lemme see. If just half the population wants to be immunized, and they can do 38,000 a day, that's...46 days later they could tell us it's done. Oh, wait, there's a 14-day period before the shot takes effect, so make that 60 days (Boxing Day, folks!) before half the population is immune.
Right, Ron.
Good work!
Don't forget to issue a few news releases telling us how lucky we are to have you.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Looking outward can be profitable!
Interesting article in the Calgary Herald October 25/09. In its midst, three amazing facts.
The UK charges the oil industry a tax of 70% on old oil production, and 50% on newer wells. Norway charges 70%.
Vue Weekly has reported that the Pembina Institute said that in 2004, Alaska charged $11.60 per barrel oil royalty, and Norway charged $14.10 per barrel. Alberta charged $4.30 per barrel.
Kinda gives you a new perspective on all the complaints wailing out of Calgary's downtown high country about Alberta's royalty regime.
I recall a couple of years back when then Liberal Leader Kevin Taft said that if Alberta had charged the industry the same rates as the industry had been paying in Texas, between 2000 and 2006, we would have received $16+ billion in EXTRA oil revenues.
Wow. Wouldn't that $16 billion have come in handy right about now?
The UK charges the oil industry a tax of 70% on old oil production, and 50% on newer wells. Norway charges 70%.
Vue Weekly has reported that the Pembina Institute said that in 2004, Alaska charged $11.60 per barrel oil royalty, and Norway charged $14.10 per barrel. Alberta charged $4.30 per barrel.
Kinda gives you a new perspective on all the complaints wailing out of Calgary's downtown high country about Alberta's royalty regime.
I recall a couple of years back when then Liberal Leader Kevin Taft said that if Alberta had charged the industry the same rates as the industry had been paying in Texas, between 2000 and 2006, we would have received $16+ billion in EXTRA oil revenues.
Wow. Wouldn't that $16 billion have come in handy right about now?
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