No more paperwork “from another era”
PHOTO TYLER BISSMEYER, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVES
The Legault government estimates that it can recover 138,000 medical appointments per year by releasing the administrative shackles that burden doctors with redundant tasks.
More time with patients, less shuffling paper. To free up 138,000 appointment slots per year, Quebec is releasing the administrative shackles that burden doctors with redundant tasks. When they judge that close monitoring is unnecessary, they will now be able to space out appointments for thousands of patients on sick leave. Contrary to what has been imposed until now by the Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work. Doctors will also be able to let social workers fill out the endless application forms for long-term care accommodation, instead of doing it twice. The victory of common sense, that is.
Marie-Claude Malboeuf, The Press
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Digital tattoos against misinformation
PHOTO THIBAULT CAMUS, ARCHIVES ASSOCIATED PRESS
The simple fact that the digital giants are coming together and proposing an initiative aimed at combating disinformation with content created by artificial intelligence is good news, writes Alexandre Sirois.
Far be it from me to give God without confession to the digital giants. I don’t even know if this idea of ”digital watermarking” that 20 of them have just announced with great fanfare is a viable project. But the simple fact that they are coming together and proposing an initiative to combat misinformation with content created by artificial intelligence is good news. Microsoft, Meta and Google want such a (detectable) watermark to be inserted into any video created using the artificial intelligence tools they have developed. I say: so much the better… but that should not prevent our elected officials from legislating as quickly as possible to regulate AI.
Alexandre Sirois, The Press
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The Polar Bear Challenge
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Minister Ian Lafrenière (right) a fraction of a second from the thermal shock in the Lachine Canal…
A minister in a suit diving into the cold water of the Lachine Canal in the middle of February? I admit that I find it irresistible – especially when the gesture serves a good cause. That’s why I smiled when I saw the photo taken by my colleague Josie Desmarais showing Minister Ian Lafrenière floating in the air, a fraction of a second from thermal shock. It was taken last Saturday during the Polar Bear Challenge, which raised $112,000 for athletes living with intellectual disabilities. I love that we inject such a dose of madness into such a necessary event.
Philippe Mercury, The Press
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The Olympic nirvana of Jean-Luc Brassard
PHOTO BERNARD BRAULT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Jean-Luc Brassard at the Lillehammer Olympic Games in 1994
We are at the Lillehammer Olympic Games in 1994. Jean-Luc Brassard is one of the favorites in freestyle skiing. Fifteen minutes before the final, at the top of the mountain, the Quebec athlete is consumed by stress. “I really lost control of my emotions,” Brassard told our colleague Nicholas Richard. There, I made a rather special decision: I decided not to do the race. » Rather than giving up, the future world champion will seek psychological help from his trainer. All of Quebec knows what happens next: he will become Olympic champion. Thirty years later, Jean-Luc Brassard recounts, with tears in his eyes, all the details of that day. A fascinating story where we discover a deeply human champion.
Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot, The Press
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