“While Walker admits that expanding enrollment in medical programs can have a negative effect on the quality of the program, he emphasizes that Queen’s School of Medicine will not be adversely affected by this recent enrollment openings.

It’s always a worry… but none of Ontario’s medical schools are at full capacity so its not an issue at the moment,” he explained.

http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2000-09-08/news/province-gives-med-schools-boost-more-spaces-and-f/

Years later in 1996, prior to the removal of legal aid from the management of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Justice Beck was commissioned to do this report:

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/1717340_cfdur/TheBeckReport.pdf

indicating where the problem was with the money – including cuts from the Martin/Chretien government.

Rae didn’t ensure that Ontarians would get balanced legal coverage according to law and succumbed to a threat by the criminal lawyers who were going to launch a class action.

Legal Aid, now called Legal Aid Ontario, is still missing $100 million from their accounts receivable, with no forensic audit

The NDP MPP in my riding says it’s all Harris’s fault but they failed to acknowledge the MOU above where it was Rae who limited the ability of lawyers to dip into the account willy nilly

The Law Society still seems to be having difficulty helping clients of lawyers who have run off with their money:

http://www.lsuc.on.ca/media/lettertoattorneygeneral.pdf

Notice the letter is signed by the treasurer of the LSUC whose been investigated himself stating to the Attorney General “we don’t know why the police didn’t investigate”

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&articleid=347

hmmm Very interesting…

Nice post.

Thanks.

A long list of reasons to defend Rae’s record:
- Mulroney’s deficits was bigger as a percentage of GDP during Rae’s time
- the Ontario Liberals left him in deficit taking office
- NAFTA restructuring hurt Ontario the most
- the US recession
- the Canadian recession
- the global recession
- the Gulf War oil price shock
- the post-Soviet collapse resource price collapse
- federal government cutbacks and layoffs
- anti-inflationary program by the central bank that caused sky high interest rates

It’s a little rich and partisan to blame him on the recession and the deficits. I have respect for the man, he made tough choices for tough times and sadly, the political establishment, from business lobbiest to organized labour, made him the offical scapegoat and blamed him for all their problems, which is totally unfair to him.

It’s amazing how far he feel from grace too. He was considered one of the most popular politicans in Canada in the early part of his term. Then everything was downhill but time heals wounds, especially if the wounds are partisan and interest group attacks. I am not surprised he is so popular now.

Bob Rae’s legacy to the people of Ontario is a shortage of doctors.

By reducing enrolments to medical schools he has created this medical shortage of doctors this province is experiencing today, not that any following government has done anything about increasing enrolments to medicals schools.

Ironicly it’s all about money, if we have more doctors more tax dollars go to pay their fee for service. I think in that statement there is arguement for private clinics and independant medical services. To hell with the NDP and their carterwailing

Why am I writing a comment here? my doctor and I are about the same age. He is going to retire soon and so am I, Guess what,… what doctor shall I visit. I.m sure it will probably be
Doctor Who.
and if asked
Are you here next week doctor Who?
And he will answer, Doctor Somebody will be here, I think.