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I need a full-time optician to work in my optometry office in Nelson, BC, Canada. If interested, email me at goatcamp@yahoo.com.

I hope Harper wins a majority. I think he is the lesser of the evils. Also, I really don't want to see the tax increases promised by the other welfare-state parties. The wasteful and useless long...

British Columbia has completely deregulated the dispensing of glasses and CLs. This was done to accommodate internet vendors. I think it's a shame that decades of work done by opticians in BC to...

Yes...that was almost 100 years ago. The same thing happened in North America. Opticians realized that there was a lot more to "sight-testing" than just refractive error, thus training evolved over...

Part of the new BC regulations allows for any Rx from anywhere to be filled in BC...apparently this was not the case before. Again...another great way to promote internet vendoring of glasses...just...

I find it ironic that opticians in BC (before you flame, my best friend is an optician), are upset about the ongoing illegal activities of unregulated dispensing, which are now legal, when sight...

The BC Association of Optometrists has been fighting deregulation of eyecare for 10 years or more. The BC provincial governement has been less than reasonable over the years.
As an optometrist,...

I require a full-time associate for my private practice in Nelson, British Columbia. This is a great opportunity to practice full-scope optometry in a modern, busy clinic, in one of the most...

Please try to avoid the temptation of comparing life in the hell of somewhat socialist Canada to the utopia of unregulated capitalistic America.

I know I'll offend some folks here, but I've said it before....don't blame others for your situation. I always feel that the opticians on this site are embittered towards ODs for whatever reason. ...

I'm not sure if charging extra for releasing a copy of the Rx is "legal", however, it is certainly unprofessional in my opinion.

However, I would charge for releasing PDs so someone can get $10...

Harry,

Maybe there is an off-premises MD who "interprets" the refractive results. That's meaningless anyway.

We can bicker all day long, while the mega-beasts gobble-up more and more of...

Always a heated discussion when scope expansion is discussed. Obviously there are good and bad ODs, OMDs, and opticians. I know individuals from all the three "O"s that are stellar...I also know a...

jediron1,

If you don't like the pay...find a career that pays better and quit b!tching:cool:

I'm surprised that any OD who would choose a corporate chain over private practice would actually be capable of completing optometric training. Seems like a dumb-*** thing to do. The profession is...

Harry,

You are correct. Corporate optometry/opticianry has damaged us all. I can't understand why any OD would of thought it a good idea to work in a corporate setting in the first place. Just...

Harry,

I live in BC, Canada. Wal-Mart is bringing in a "sight-tester" into one of their stores in Kamloops, BC. They are calling it a pilot project. So now we have a massive chain that no...

I have seen several cases myself where patients who turned-out to have significant pathology were "sight-tested"...

I detect vision-threatening pathology in asymptomatic patients almost daily
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These posts are depressing....with internet eyeglass and contact lens sales, I really wonder what the future holds for opticianry?? ODs can still get by doing exams and treating eye conditions, but...

Chip....get over it...the Civil War was over 150 years ago :rolleyes:

I agree that employees should be treated fairly....that's what we have labour laws for. Unions are economic poison. I live...

I think I would be safely classified as an agnostic...actually pretty darn close to an atheist. Anyway, it is wrong to assume that an individual need "religion" to place value on human life. I am,...

Drk,

Blah, blah, blah, blah......your lame, medievel rhetoric is one of the reasons I find mainstream religion so damn annoying.

Chip,

You live in Mississippi, correct?? I lived in that part of the world for awhile. I have great memories.

The "deep south" is arguably the most evangelical christian part of the USA. ...

My impressions are that "christians" tend to be self-rightous, judgmental, and elitist. They tend to minimize environmental concerns. They are very selective in how they use scientific evidence in...

I highly doubt that there is a "personal god" such as that worshipped by Christians, Muslims, etc. Christianity borrows from more ancient "faiths", such as belief in Mithra (who, coincidently, was...