IT IS NOT FREE HEALTH CARE It is universal. The Canadian idea is to provide for those who cannot always pay for themselves. i realize there are many who feel as you do from the snickering responses given by some. So far there are still those who do not resent paying for those less fortunatate amongst us. They do make up the majority of us still. It is what makes a great nation.
Poor bluebyrd- trying so very hard to make the Cdn LIE-beral version of social justice sound fair! And a look at the details exposes all her arguments as failures! For one thing NO Cdn civil service union Hog in Ontari-owe- working for any level of govt pays the health levy that us peasants pay- in spite of earning at least one third more for what LIE-berals claim is equal work!
And their unions often supplies dental care- up to age 65 for those who retire early- age 55 etc- on those golden Hog pensions that are killing the economy as we struggle to pay for their greed!
And there is another deal- that so called equal work! The job classifications may be the same but the "work" is NOT! We have all seen Hogs on a work site- with their ample break times and relaxed pace- too often with 2 standing and watching while a third works- they do like taking turns so the do not break a sweat! There are always pot holes to fill and city grass to cut and papers to shuffle so they never run out of work and get laid off and never get their hours of work cut etc! And their pay always goes up!
Being a Hog is a nice life if you can get it! But of course if you are a white person you are sh+t out of luck! Only natives and non white women need apply for govt jobs these days! Used to be govt made half assed apologies for its discrimination but now they gloat over it and signal their bigotry as a virtue!