Canada’s healthcare system is a source of pride. But that pride is increasingly founded on popular culture and nostalgia, not reality.
The data is consistent: Canada spends, but does not achieve. Ranking near the bottom of OECD countries on wait times, availability of doctors, number of MRI, CT, and PET scanners—that is not something I am proud of.
Restoring our healthcare system as a cornerstone of Canada’s national pride requires innovative solutions, not defaulting to what we’ve been doing for years—the data shows emphatically that it is not working.