Nothing to do with covid and everything to do with socialized medicine. Canada has always had very long surgery wait times: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/heal

Nothing to do with covid and everything to do with socialized medicine. Canada has always had very long surgery wait times: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-care-wait-times-hit-20-weeks-in-2016-report-1.3171718 https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-care-wait-times-hit-20-... edit: not irrelevant, it's yet another problem being blamed on covid when it's really Canada's mismanagement of their healthcare system.