We spend the vast bulk of money in the health, welfare, and education systems in the later years of life. Yet it is in the earliest years that life c… - Bob Rae

As I grow older, I have had to discard some ideas and policies because they no longer make sense. This strikes me as entirely healthy. I would invite others to do the same.

The major cuts in federal and provincial transfers to social service agencies, health care, education, and social housing over the past several years have not bee matched by an explosion in private giving. Nor will they ever be.

Like sailors, we cannot change the weather or the direction of the wind. But we change the direction of our sails.