Parliament has begun a lengthy winter break, but more than a hundred bills are still on the table and ready to be picked up when lawmakers return to Ottawa in late January. Some are major Liberal priorities. Others are government promises left languishing on the table. And dozens were proposed by individual senators or members…
Here Are the Bills, Big and Small, That Politicians Will Be Looking at Next Year
Long COVID Contributing to Disabilities by the Millions
From early 2021, stories have emerged of people experiencing post-COVID-19 symptoms that were so debilitating it impacted their ability to work and live a normal life. Thirty-one-year-old Rebecca Meyer spoke on CNN in January 2021 about her 11-month struggle with long COVID symptoms for 11 months, having contracted symptoms from an infection. Prior to infection, she…
Don’t Blame the Government — Blame Yourself
Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically the Social Security Administration, has messed up and cheated them out of benefits they might have been due. But many times, the fault (to trivialize a famous line from Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar”) is not in our government, but in ourselves. Here are some…
Does the Government Give Money Away for Free?
When I first got my driver’s license, my grandparents handed me down a second car they owned. Obviously, I was beyond grateful. What freshly-minted driver wouldn’t want a free car or truck? Of course, my first car wasn’t 100% free. Even though my grandparents gave me the car, I still had to pay for the…
Social Security Disability: The Program Everyone Loves to Hate
I was heading into a local grocery store the other day, and I noticed a few people gathered around a car parked in one of the spots reserved for people with disabilities. I heard someone yelling. As I got closer to the car, I saw an old guy ranting and raving at the driver of…
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