Alberta pipeline safety report another case of the ol’ bait and switch
We need evidence-based decision-making, not decision-based evidence making CALGARY, AB, Sep 2, 2013/ Troy Media/ – When it comes to pipeline safety, there’s no place like Alberta. Last week Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes released a comprehensive...
Some good news/bad news for Albertans on healthcare
The bad news is that Official Administrator Janet Davidson’s report may not result in any productive change at all CALGARY, AB, Sep 13, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Albertan’s received some good news on Tuesday concerning their healthcare system. Five...
Alberta’s healthcare queue jumping inquiry a waste of $10 million
All that money just to state the blindingly obvious CALGARY, AB, Aug 22, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Yesterday Justice John Z. Vertes released his Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry Report on allegations of healthcare queue jumping in Alberta. The...
The myth of accountability
Despite what auditors and lawyers say, you either get it, or you don’t CALGARY, AB, Aug 15, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Everybody is all for accountability. Especially for everyone else. The public demands it of politicians. Corporate leaders demand it...
Canada’s troubled National Household Survey: We get to do it all again in 2016
Here is a recent post from Yahoo News featuring comments from Converge Consulting Group’s Robert Gerst on the latest problems with the National Household Survey. Saying the NHS will be delayed due to quality control issues is like claiming a pig...
Statistics the “science” behind disinformation
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 1, 2013/Troy Media/ – Statistics. Now there’s a word that strikes fear into the hearts of first year college students and boredom into everyone else. Say the ‘S’ word at a party and watch people make for the exits. If economics...
Statistics Canada Chief refuses to debate reliability of the National Household Survey.
CALGARY, AB (PRWEB) July 26, 2013 Converge Consulting Group Inc. reports they were contacted by a spokesperson from the Communications Office of Statistics Canada earlier this week and informed that the Chief Statistician for Canada, Mr. Wayne Smith,...
Converge Consulting Group vs. Statistics Canada
Converge Consulting Group Inc. called the National Household Survey data worthless. You can read our about it here. The new Head Statistician of Statistics Canada disagrees. He said our comments were irresponsible. What is really irresponsible is bureaucrats...
Canadian Health Care Wait Times “Manufactured” Says Latest Research
CALGARY, May 22, 2013 – Wait times in the Canadian healthcare system have been manufactured by out-of-date and technically corrupt approaches to capacity management and planning. That’s the conclusion of “Full House“, the featured...
Employee Engagement Nonsense–Read the Canada One Interview with Robert Gerst
Robert Gerst of Converge Consulting Group was interviewed by Julie King of Canada One. Read; Exploring the Misuse of Statistics in Business: Is it Time to Do Away with Employee Engagement Surveys?.