On the original topic:
As a father of 4, if I can't educate my children enough to explain posters in classrooms or ideas teachers have brought forth to them to my children's satisfaction, I have no business being a parent. I would actually prefer my children get as many points of view in life before they become adults as possible, so they are well-prepared for the variety of opinion out there. Sheltering my children from ideas is just going to hurt them in the end.
Socialized medicine:
Part of the problem with medicine in Canada is that a lot of medical people end up moving to the US, where they can make a poopload of money. I had a friend who was an ER Nurse in a hospital in Canada. She ended up moving to the US for double her salary. After a year, she had a hospital offer to pay for her entire med school to be a doctor. The one benefit of the US medical system is that hospotal can pay for the talent. One a major drain on Canadian-trained personnel (I've read Canadian nurses are among the best on the planet, I have no citation though).
But delays are mainly for electing and non-life-threatening issues. Stuff like Permanent Sugical Male Contracetive was a 14 month wait for me. Still like a huge absess that had me with a fever in bed for 3 days before I decided to go in was mere hours before I was on the operating table. My uncle had a "you might have cancer' thing, and he saw 6 specialists in 5 days (and it wasn't cancer). So yes, it has its negatives. But fi you really need medical care NOW, you get it.
As a father of 4, if I can't educate my children enough to explain posters in classrooms or ideas teachers have brought forth to them to my children's satisfaction, I have no business being a parent. I would actually prefer my children get as many points of view in life before they become adults as possible, so they are well-prepared for the variety of opinion out there. Sheltering my children from ideas is just going to hurt them in the end.
Socialized medicine:
Part of the problem with medicine in Canada is that a lot of medical people end up moving to the US, where they can make a poopload of money. I had a friend who was an ER Nurse in a hospital in Canada. She ended up moving to the US for double her salary. After a year, she had a hospital offer to pay for her entire med school to be a doctor. The one benefit of the US medical system is that hospotal can pay for the talent. One a major drain on Canadian-trained personnel (I've read Canadian nurses are among the best on the planet, I have no citation though).
But delays are mainly for electing and non-life-threatening issues. Stuff like Permanent Sugical Male Contracetive was a 14 month wait for me. Still like a huge absess that had me with a fever in bed for 3 days before I decided to go in was mere hours before I was on the operating table. My uncle had a "you might have cancer' thing, and he saw 6 specialists in 5 days (and it wasn't cancer). So yes, it has its negatives. But fi you really need medical care NOW, you get it.