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Nancy said:
I have had this wicked cold/cough for 10 days now...tested multiple times and it's not covid. Today, I connected with a walkin clinic and the doctor is going to give me antibiotics and a puffer, because I'm having some breathing issues. Well...the prescription seems to have got lost. The clinic called at 5, which is their closing time, to say they were forwarding the prescription to my drug store. I went there twice and phoned once...No sign of a prescription. This is not the first time I've been involved with pharmacy mess-ups. It seems to be much more frequent than it used to be. If they can't get this right, do I trust them to get my drugs right?
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Sorry to hear that you need antibiotic Nancy. I have also had some difficulty with prescriptions recently. I phoned to have all my prescriptions refilled. Pharmacist said No Prob. When I went to pick them up I questioned - Is that ALL of them? and was told Yes. I got home to discover that it was actually only ONE of the several I requested. Went back and asked for the rest and got an apology. Should be hunky dory eh? Unfortunately, not so. I was missing two meds and had one that had been cancelled in July. Apparently taking on three brand new pharmacists at once brings problems . They may have knowledge but lack practical experience. Finally got it all sorted - but quite a time consuming hassle for the store and me.
 
KayTheCurler said:
Sorry to hear that you need antibiotic Nancy. I have also had some difficulty with prescriptions recently. I phoned to have all my prescriptions refilled. Pharmacist said No Prob. When I went to pick them up I questioned - Is that ALL of them? and was told Yes. I got home to discover that it was actually only ONE of the several I requested. Went back and asked for the rest and got an apology. Should be hunky dory eh? Unfortunately, not so. I was missing two meds and had one that had been cancelled in July. Apparently taking on three brand new pharmacists at once brings problems . They may have knowledge but lack practical experience. Finally got it all sorted - but quite a time consuming hassle for the store and me.
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My pharmacy has added staff since we started using them but the two leads are still the same and one of them is usually in so there's enough continuity to avoid issues.
 
I've used the same pharmacy for more than thirty years, I think. It's changed names a few times (it's currently Rexall), but they have great staff retention, and the pharmacy assistant is the daughter of old friends, so I get great service, and I don't think they've ever made an error. And they don't have a self check-out, which is a super bonus for me.
 
BetteTheRed said:
I've used the same pharmacy for more than thirty years, I think. It's changed names a few times (it's currently Rexall), but they have great staff retention, and the pharmacy assistant is the daughter of old friends, so I get great service, and I don't think they've ever made an error. And they don't have a self check-out, which is a super bonus for me.
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See, I'm getting to the point where self-checkout is a plus. I am often dashing into stores on my way home or on my lunch hour so I quite like having that option. Usually not for groceries, though. This is more Walmart, Home Depot type stuff. But I've used it in my local grocery sometimes, too, if there are lines and I am in a hurry with only a couple items.
 
We're enjoying our time in this park. We've connected with friends. The dog has squealed in delight when she saw old friends from Nanaimo. We're going for lunch at a local winery around the corner today. Hubby used to work with the owner up north. That guy retired from the oil patch and bought the winery. It's a nice place
 
Oh, I learned so much on the ocean floor. BurntCoat Head Provincial park is beautiful. We saw lots of life in tide pools, mini hermit crabs and different kinds of seaweed and a seaweed that is actually an animal. Made me wonder what classifies something as an animal vs a plant.
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Good morning! The coffee cart is set up for your convenience. Prescriptions and pharmacies, school garden paths and ocean floor walking, and all the other interests and concerns that pop up, we can discuss, listen, gripe, compliment, console, etc. It all happens here. Come and join the conversation.

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Mutter, mutter. So confused by our inability to provide access to affordable housing (or, apparently) any housing at all. A grandude has moved his partner and two preschoolers into his parents home after a frantic, unsuccessful hunt for accommodation. They were told they had to leave the place they had as renovations are needed. They think this is an excuse for the landlord to slap on a bit of paint and raise the rental. Grandude's job will now be over an hour from his home. The preschoolers will lose their day care and the 'work from home' parent will need to watch them while trying to work.
 
Most governments seem most 8nteredted in linking money for affordable housing to opportunities for corporations to make inflated profits. Trudeau's announcement about affordable housing reflected this. I did not see the details but it sounded like the government will subsidize a housing program that will include 17,000 affordable units without identifying what affordable meant. The project in Montreal that CMHC backed had apartments that rented for over $2000/month identified as affordable.
 
jimkenney12 said:
The project in Montreal that CMHC backed had apartments that rented for over $2000/month identified as affordable.
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New York is cheaper than that based on a video I just watched the other day.

The problem is that this is an issue all three levels of government have a stake in and the Feds stake is really just to provide money. They have no real day-to-day control over housing but have to work with other levels to get things done.

Tenancy law is provincial and zoning law, which determines what can be built where, is municipal (at least in Ontario) with some provincial oversight. Effective rent controls in tenancy law and municipalities specifically putting in zoning controls that specific affordability standards would probably do more than anything CMHC can do.
 
The federal government could decide federal infrastructure and housing funding depends on results of local housing policies, offering strategies to increase effectiveness of spending. It could also set up an information resource about options and results from experiments in housing.
 
Why industry and business has such a fear of federal organization as a larger version of municipal fallacy?

Humans can simply not get any more than one thing together at a time thus the sole individualization until social studies are completed ... Jah Sue is that a syndrome?
 
jimkenney12 said:
The federal government could decide federal infrastructure and housing funding depends on results of local housing policies, offering strategies to increase effectiveness of spending. It could also set up an information resource about options and results from experiments in housing.
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It could, but the final decision as to what gets built and how rents are regulated remains with the provinces. And since it is an area of provincial jurisdiction, a province that wanted to go its own way could just forego the federal funding. Something I think we might be about to see if a certain UCP member gets the leadership in Alberta. Same with healthcare. There's nothing to stop a province from saying "eff the Canada Health Act" save they would lose the federal health transfer. But if they were determined to go it alone with parallel private system, they could do that technically. The feds could try taking them to court but since health is constitutionally provincial, I am not sure how far they would get.
 
Mendalla said:
It could, but the final decision as to what gets built and how rents are regulated remains with the provinces. And since it is an area of provincial jurisdiction, a province that wanted to go its own way could just forego the federal funding. Something I think we might be about to see if a certain UCP member gets the leadership in Alberta. Same with healthcare. There's nothing to stop a province from saying "eff the Canada Health Act" save they would lose the federal health transfer. But if they were determined to go it alone with parallel private system, they could do that technically. The feds could try taking them to court but since health is constitutionally provincial, I am not sure how far they would get.
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Furthering chaos ... which seems the objective in bilby cal order of denying knowledge ... a thinking person is dangerous to imposed frustration! A singularity as solilo' quay is something to jump off ...
 
If voters see their government turning down billions of dollars for ideological reasons, it might hurt them at the next election. Apparently the UCP is unable to account for how they spent $4 billion of pandemic relief funds
 
jimkenney12 said:
If voters see their government turning down billions of dollars for ideological reasons, it might hurt them at the next election. Apparently the UCP is unable to account for how they spent $4 billion of pandemic relief funds
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You would hope, eh. The problem is that the number of people who bother to vote is shrinking and the ones who do show up tend to be the party supporters. So it may not matter what the general run of voters thinks as long as their base supports it.
 
jimkenney12 said:
If voters see their government turning down billions of dollars for ideological reasons, it might hurt them at the next election. Apparently the UCP is unable to account for how they spent $4 billion of pandemic relief funds
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I see some very well paid doctors received CERB, one who made 3 million dollars a year.
 
jimkenney12 said:
Most governments seem most 8nteredted in linking money for affordable housing to opportunities for corporations to make inflated profits. Trudeau's announcement about affordable housing reflected this. I did not see the details but it sounded like the government will subsidize a housing program that will include 17,000 affordable units without identifying what affordable meant. The project in Montreal that CMHC backed had apartments that rented for over $2000/month identified as affordable.
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If the highest pension you can receive from the government (OAS, CPP) is around 2200/month for an individual and that's all they receive ( more for a married couple), affordable housing should be around 850 IMO.
But when they say affordable housing do they mean geared to income?
 
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