On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:47:41 -0800, Alain Fournier
wrote:

Six-month waiting lists for surgeries and tests.
The purpose of a health care system isn't to have short lists.
It is to have long and healthy lives. Canadians enjoy long life

But the stated purpose of *socialized* health-care is quick and
timely treatment. Clearly, this isn't happening.

are impossible to come by, since the ones we have are no longer taking
new patients.
False.

Then why did I have to go to a dozen doctors in my area (Toronto)
before I found one who would take me on when I moved here?

Soldiers going to food banks.
Not because they need to. Some have taken advantage of a free lunch.

Oh? Explain to me, then, why the Feds are trying to triple the
rental rates for base-housing that's sub-standard...?

Yes. We had some stupid policies in the 70's and the 80's. We

That continue into the 90s and now...

still have to work to do to get our infrastructure in good order.
The new helicopters have been ordered and the roads are improving.

We *could* have had new helicopters ten years ago, if the 'new'
government hadn't been so petty in cancelling the original contract.

Schools 'dumbing down' courses to prevent students from
failing.
That was one of the stupid policies of the 70's and the 80's.

Which continues to this day... with no end in sight.