Well, that is the perspective that is preventing the situation from improving. However, if you take the time to look into it, you may find that the situation is

Well, that is the perspective that is preventing the situation from improving. However, if you take the time to look into it, you may find that the situation is not as dire as conservative talk radio pundits would have you believe. For starters, nobody waits in an emergency. If you need urgent care, you get it— with no second mortgage needed. Waiting times vary a lot across the provinces and depending what kind of care is needed. Cancer treatment, for example, is very fast. Generally speaking, wait times are a function of overall funding, and funding has been cut repeatedly over the past three decades, as Canadians have consistently voted for tax cuts over investing in health care. See the decline as reported by the Fraser Institute: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2018 https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wa... (Although of course, they're a right-wing think tank, so their agenda is further tax cuts and privatization... take from it what you will.) As far as taxes, again beware of what you hear from US-based commentators about how bad it is. In fact, the income tax we pay is almost identical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_economies#Taxation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_Ame...