Well, look on the bright side. At least he didn't suffer the evils of soshulist health care.
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Still happening. There are several problems at play here. A lack of facilities, especially outside the lower mainland and Victoria. An overabundance of rich retirees from elsewhere. Politics. Outside the lowermainland and the island, most ridings are not NDP. The majority of ER closures also happen to be outside the lower mainland and the island, with the exception of the North island area. Huge area, sparely populated with a bunch of small hospitals and not much for entertainment unless you are an outdoors type.
Actually it is true. Check out the Fraser Institute.
And naturally, you get to decide how much tax each person should pay. Why should the "rich" have to pay more fore healthcare than anyone else?
We also have what can only be called gross mismanagement. There is a shortage of nurses everywhere, and if you believe the government a shortage of both nurses and money, yet they get contract nurses for roughly 3 times the union wage. I know there are lots of problems with the way nurses are forced to work, but why are they flocking to contractors?
Not a great comparison. Most of Europe does better, and they mostly have a dual system.
You have a dual system. It's called "crossing the border."
Oh here we go. That stupid old saw.
In Canada the top 20% income earners pay 62% of the country's income taxes and 54.2% of total taxes in the country. Is that not their fair share?
Maybe if there were mechanisms in place that forced govts to be accountable for their spending then maybe the $$ would be there.
How many billions have the Trudeau Liberals syphoned off that could have been used to improve health care? Do you also realize that every single MP is a 1%er? Do you honestly believe that govts will willingly enact legislation that has a negative effect on their own wallets?
Oh but hey, at least the govt has money to waste on fucking bullshit like an "Iranian wellness center" in Toronto.
Oh, fer. . . the "mechanism" myth again.
There are two "mechanisms." One is democracy. The other is dictatorship.
No, there is no Great Big Daddy or Great Big Mechanism to force the government to do what you want it to do.
Unless you become the dictator.
Third mechanism: Protest. Or if necessary, full-on revolt. Funny thing about govts, they only have the kind of power they have because people foolishly let them have it.
Let's not forget it's not just Trump now pushing the narrative.
The Vermont-Quebec border runs right through this library. Trump officials used it to stoke tensions.
One person doth not a revolt make. Nor does one get a revolt worked up in a couple of hours. Unless you're in a labour union.