Rod, the Fraser Institute may be a "neo-con" (whatever that means) think tank, but I can't find anyone disputing their assertions. Their studies are referenced by everyone from Forbes to the Huffington Post to the National Center for Policy Analysis. No one is saying they are wrong, but a lot of them use terms like, "In spite of the costs Canadas system is good...". So at this point I have to stick with the idea that your system, while good, is expensive.
Your debt figures don't jibe with what I'm seeing. Speaking specifically to Nova Scotia, you seem to be ignoring the $18B in federal debt. http://www.cfib-fcei.ca/english/article/6066-debt-clock.html Maybe I'm misunderstanding something there. The $500b deficit I cannot find that specific reference now. What I can find are numerous references to deficit spending among the provinces on healthcare, including Albertas near billion dollar deficit for healthcare and the provinces massive input to wipe that debt out. I also find numerous references to the "gray tsunami" and the reality that healthcare costs are not going to go down and revenue isn't going to rise any time soon. That's not to say that I don't admire the fact your people (mine in a way since half my family emigrated here from Nova Scotia) are working on the issue. At least your folks are recognizing the problems and trying to fix it rather than attempting to fight the issue with gobs of money and no thought to the cost like ours are. But then, Canadas fiscal policy has usually been far more conservative than ours over the last 50 years or so. That's part of why your banks are run much more responsibly than ours. Mindset.
In the end, you have a very expensive public system and we have an even more expensive public/private system. Both are too expensive IMO. Coming up with a good solution is the problem. Your people want improvements and lower costs. So do ours. You have a system in place that is workable in your socialized economy. We have a giant mess. I imagine yours will be hashed out long before ours is.
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