Canada is a world leader when it comes to assisted suicide

Canada is a world leader when it comes to assisted suicideWill our crumbling healthcare system lead to more people being offered the “relief” of assisted suicide? For the past decade, activist groups have been spreading the news about the so-called ‘right to die’ and, according to the latest statistics, their efforts have been a success. The province of Quebec is now the world leader, with more…

Money alone cannot save healthcare

Money alone cannot save healthcareChange to the Canadian healthcare system can only come through innovation Last month, the Winnipeg Free Press ran a particularly sharp critique of Manitoba’s healthcare system, decrying provincial healthcare budgeting as “parsimony” and stating that monetary decisions made by the government since 2015 have created a healthcare crisis in Manitoba. It strongly implied that the…

Danielle Smith’s first challenge will be to fix Alberta healthcare

Danielle Smith’s first challenge will be to fix Alberta healthcareWill Premier Smith revamp the outdated Alberta healthcare system? It’s time to move on. The Alberta election is over: Danielle Smith is the premier, and that means it is time for the politicians to put aside the campaign’s empty rhetoric and face the realities of how they can best fix a broken healthcare system. It…

Our health-care system is the very definition of insanity

Our health-care system is the very definition of insanityIdeology is the problem, not the solution What’s wrong with Canada’s health-care system? Dysfunctional systems, wait lists, not enough doctors, and not enough beds are just the obvious ‘starters’ in a long list of problems that are keeping Canadians from accessing medical care. While tossing more money at the problem will provide temporary relief, it…

Canada’s health-care system desperately needs creative leadership

Canada’s health-care system desperately needs creative leadershipToo bad there’s none on offer When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about health care with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on the same page in recognizing that…

Tone-deaf politicians ignore the realities of health care

Political expediency once again trumps the realities of fixing health care

Tone-deaf politicians ignore the realities of health careCanada’s health-care system continues to implode and fail Canadian patients at a catastrophic level. Systemic problems and staffing issues are overwhelming health care delivery, and people are dying from a lack of proper care. Daily news reports now relate the most egregious dysfunctions as patients sought help and instead found themselves in a chaotic system…

Canadian health care at a crossroads

It’s time to stop talking about money and start talking about changing health care

Canadian health care at a crossroadsIt has been a revealing week for Canadian health care and what we have witnessed is not good. In Fredericton, NB, a senior passed away while waiting for care at a hospital emergency department. A witness noted that the man was “clearly in discomfort,” yet it wasn’t enough to gain the attention of health-care workers.…

Canada’s health-care system is irretrievably broken

Drastic changes are needed. Millions of Canadians on wait lists know that. Why don't politicians?

Canada’s health-care system is irretrievably brokenDrastic changes are needed if we are to repair the Canadian health-care system. Millions of Canadians waiting for medically-necessary surgeries and procedures already know that. It’s time for the rest of us to catch up and start advocating for change. At least five million Canadians are without a family doctor. More than one million Canadians…

The consequences of the doctor shortage in Canada are grim

The evidence is overwhelming: Canada needs more doctors

The consequences of the doctor shortage in Canada are grimThe coronavirus pandemic has accomplished what a multitude of government reports could not – that is, to draw Canadians’ attention to a faltering health-care system characterized by a chronic shortage of beds, overflowing emergency departments, and limited numbers of surgical personnel and operating suites. The flaws have been there for decades, but willful blindness on…

Canadians are fed up with ineffectual leadership

We all want a return to normality but that cannot hold true for our archaic health care system

Canadians are fed up with ineffectual leadershipApparently, Canadians have a limit to the amount of unnecessary discomfort and ineffectual leadership they will suffer through. Polls, demonstrations, and now a convoy of truckers blocking streets in downtown Ottawa show that Canadians are fed up. Canadians want their society to go back to the pre-COVID norms. But while that may be true of…
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