A man fighting against Canada’s publicly-funded health care system squared off against a former politician who helped defend it in another entry to the Great Canadian Debates on May 2, 2017.
Dr. Brian Day, an orthopaedic surgeon whose court case is challenging Canada’s single-payer health care model, argued in favour of the motion: “Our broken health care system is infringing the rights of Canadians”.
If Canada has such a great health care system, says @DrBrianDay, how come none of them are copying our system?
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 3, 2017
A vote against the motion is a vote in favour of a system that is harming Canadians: @DrBrianDay
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 3, 2017
We have a duty to look after the sick and injured, says @DrBrianDay
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 3, 2017
Ujjal Dosanjh, a former British Columbia premier and federal minister of health, argued against.
There is no perfect #healthcare system in the world, says @ujjaldosanjh #GCD2017
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 2, 2017
Private insurance, as @DrBrianDay is suggesting, does not lead to a better #healthcare system: @ujjaldosanjh
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 2, 2017
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives you the right to #healthcare, it doesn’t give you a right to commerce in #healthcare: @ujjaldosanjh
— Macdonald-Laurier (@MLInstitute) May 2, 2017
The two debaters discussed the matter on CBC Radio One’s Ottawa Morning. The debate was also livestreamed on CPAC.
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