I’ve been following the various reactions to today’s Supreme Court decision. Mainly what I’m hearing is that ‘it’s the end of health care, yadda yadda yadda.’ Whatever. Everyone is missing the point as usual.
The point is that for the first time in my lifetime there is actually a reason for someone living in Canada to move to Quebec. I don’t think that’s been the case since, um… Since… Confederation.
Hehhh.
Boy is Ray Romano ..Roy Romeo..er Romano,RR..is he ever testy today.He says the politicians should have listened to him….nobody loves Roymand….the jig is up..long live the private sector…
Martin will also be happy as it is in his HIDDEN AGENDA to move towards a two-tiered health care system.
That this decision was decided by the supreme court which is controlled by the PMO’s it would not surprise me that this is LPC engineered.
I sat on an airplane beside Roy not so long ago and he truly believed that the Cuban medical system was better than the two tiered system in Australia. I think where Roy has a disconnect is understanding who pays the bills for the medical system and how unsustainable it is. As for the evil Australian system, the private hospital in the town of 25,000 I lived in actually closed down for lack of business so we were just left with the public hospital. Some drain to the public sector.
And the media again missed the “story” (back to school guys). Unions ….the end is near.
Thank-god common sense has finally prevailed in the Supreme Court. Now I wonder how Ralph will repsond – theoretically if it’s legal in Quebec it’s legal everywhere.
Medicare as we know it has been broken for some time and I figure that if you’re filthy stinkin’ rich and want to spend you money on health care why should you be forces outside of Canada to do so. Two Tiers good – long waits bad – it really should be that simple and it is. Only now it might become legal to spend that money in Canada.
Roy spends 10 years proving he can’t run a medi-care system, then spends $150 on a report that said what everyone knew he’d say before he wrote it???? He’s the least qualified man in Canada on this subject.
I can’t say that most of the people I know from Quebec have a strong desire to move back, but I am in favor of launching a massive(an expensive) lawsuit to stop freedom of choice from spreading.
For once we are fortunate in a Supreme Court decision. Remember this case was heard by only 7 Justices as two were excused becuase of their impending retirement. Can you imagine what future SCC decisions are going to be now that the two retirees have been replaced by the two loony lefties – – Charron and Abella?
Wow, we’re really grown ups now. We can actually choose our health care. Kinda makes me giddy with delight. Wonder how many Canadians will get sucked into the left’s ‘sky is falling’ routine? I lived in the UK for years with its parallel system. Docs ‘serve’ 24 hours a week in the national system, and the rest of the time they work for themselves. I had great care, except for the dental work which I’ve since had to have redone to the tune of about $10,000. Britain continues to have a parallel system, and the National Health System is the largest employer in the European Union with – ta da – one million unionized workers. Kinda warms your heart, doesn’t it? Romanow’s report was intended to be his legacy. Big deal. A gift from Chretien to an old pal that was pie-in-the-sky socialist b.s.
By TERRY WEBER
Thursday, June 9, 2005 Updated at 3:08 PM EDT
Globe and Mail Update
Prime Minister Paul Martin vowed Thursday that Canada’s public health-care system would remain intact, despite a Supreme Court of Canada ruling opening the door for private care in Quebec.
“We’re not going to have a two-tier health-care system in this country,” he told reporters following Thursday’s ruling.
“Nobody wants that.”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
PM PM: Flip-Flop/AdScam Martin, aka Mr. Dithers, capo di capo Librano$/CSL tax haven lover/ supporter of private health care for himself & etc.
$41 Billion for this BS.
Hey George, I just put a similar comment over at the Shotgun.
The thing I wonder about, and maybe somebody here could explain it to me, is how come when the Supreme Court makes a ruling on one thing – oh, let’s say gay marriage – it is immediately the most important issue in the land and no-one will rest until the law is adjusted to suit the Supremes. But then when the same Supreme Court makes a ruling on another thing – medicare, for example – all of a sudden it’s a limited decision without much consequence for life as we know it and can be safely ignored.
Is there a principle at work here? Or is it just a case of Premiers and the Prime Minister choosing which laws they like by honoring or ignoring Supreme Court rulings?
Thought so.
Off Topic:
Conservative News release on the Grewal tapes – Expert says they are clean.
Think this will get any headlines? Anyone want to place bets?
Jason Kenney, MP
Opposition Deputy House Leader
Calgary Southeast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2005
News Release
Original Murphy/Dosanjh recordings clean and unaltered: expert
OTTAWA � Conservative Deputy House Leader Jason Kenney today released a letter to Conservative Leader Stephen Harper from Randy Dash, Senior Editor and Manager of Operations of dMAX Media in Ottawa. The letter summarizes Mr. Dash�s analysis of copies of original recordings supplied by Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal.
�Mr. Dash�s analysis of the recordings shows that they are clean and unaltered,� Kenney said. �These recordings speak for themselves. Now, it�s time for Paul Martin, Ujjal Dosanjh and Tim Murphy to begin answering the questions about their involvement in offering rewards to members of parliament in exchange for their votes. To this day, there has been no information produced by any of these individuals to dispute the facts on these recordings.�
Kenney pointed out that Mr. Dash, a professional audio engineer specializing in post-production work, is the only expert thus far to have examined copies of the original recordings, and invited others to do the same. �There has been a lot of conjecture about the authenticity of the recordings,� Kenney said. �None of this speculation is based upon fact, and would indicate that those speculating have not taken the time to listen to or examine the entire recordings, which are publicly available.�
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For more information contact Jason Kenney, Member of Parliament, at 613.992.2235
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.
Leader of the Opposition
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Harper,
In the past several days, I have had the opportunity to review the audio clips supplied to your office by Mr. Gurmant Grewal. I have reviewed these clips numerous times and offer this evaluation to you.
As a professional audio engineer, specializing in post-production work, it is my opinion that the clip entitled “Various Calls to Gurmant Grewal from Sudesh Kalia” appears unaltered and is a clean recording.
The clip entitled, “Meeting between Gurmant Grewal and Ujjal Dosanjh, joined by Tim Murphy (1:00 PM Ujjal Dossanjh�s Office, Confederation Building) May 17, 2005” appears unaltered and is a clean recording.
The clip entitled, “Various Calls to Gurmant Grewal from Ujjal Dosanjh and Tim Murphy” is a very poor recording throughout. There is a great deal of loud ambient noise and distortion. While there are several places that have unusual sounds, I cannot conclude that these are the result of any audio editing.
The clip entitled, “Meeting between Gurmant Grewal and Tim Murphy, (10:00AM), Mr. Grewal�s Office” seems to be unaltered and is a clean recording.
Please accept this as a summary of my findings. Should you have any questions, I am available at your earliest convenience.
Yours truly,
Randy Dash
Senior Editor & Manager of Operations
dMAX Media, Ottawa
(613) 820 8619
Bend over all the way folks, the Libs ain’t done yet!
Jason:
I live in Calgary and it will get good coverage here, but for Ontario I highly doubt it.
But a good effort on your part. The talking heads are so liberal oriented that they think they walk on water and can do no wrong.
Based on the last fund raising results, the CPC’s did much better than the Libs in getting individual donations. Surely there is a talking head MSM that you could pay off too!!! (just kidding).
Happy Daze I had seen that earlier this evening and I listen to the world at six on CBC Radio in the car to see if they would mention it. Nada.
Now this should exonerate GRewal too but dont count on it. I missed Duffy tonight wonder if it got mentioned??
It sure is not Top of the news— the lie is a better scandal.
HappyDaze, You are a scholar and a news hound. I’m tickled. Please, Barkeep, two for my friend here.
Gov. Gen. Clarkson put her 1.5 Mil house on the market a couple of days ago. I’m going to send her another reminder letter. Sort of like a late payment reminder, and sit back til she drops the other shoe.
A few notes from you guys would help too.
73s TG
I’m now waiting for PM to say the words: “I will go to Quebec and tell Mr. Charest, NO!”
Ok, in another world.
There is so much spin coming from so many quarters right now. What’s clear is that the Liberals still don’t get it. All day, their line was $41 billion, $41 billion. They’ve dithered for a decade, cut its’ funding to the bone, and used the issue to hammer Conservatives in elections. Their spin was “fixing healthcare for a generation”–by cutting a cheque.
Patrick Brown – In response to the Liberal’s flipping, they have done this numerous times on numerous issues in the SC in the past. The almost most amusing time, was when Ms. Copps stood on national television stating that she didn’t care what the SC decided, if they did not decide in the government’s position, she would change the law to render their verdict useless. (BEFORE they gave the verdict)
If the SC rules in the governments favor, all the better, but if it does not we recieve the typical Liberal whitewash, and they subsequintly change the rules to suit their game.
Geez, thought I was being original, then saw this:
http://hacksandwonks.blogspot.com/2005/06/health-care-ruling.html
So PMPM says that Canada will not move to a two tier health system??! Ya right. I’m sure he and members of his family wait for a month to get in to see their GP, then another 6 to 8 months to see a specialist, then another 18 to 36 months for needed medical procedures. Way to go Paul. So nice to hear that you and yours line up with the rest of the population when it comes to accessing our ‘world class’ healthcare system. Keep up the great work, Paul, you bleeding hypocrit you.
Joe,
If you bothered to read
the PM’s blog – as you should in order to get a better perspective on issues – you would be aware that he is concerned that this decison will lead to a three-tier system and that anyways the current situation is medically safer for Canadians
Scott. Typical Liberal/NDP we-know-whats-best-for-you-little-children thinking. Did you guys ever stop to think that maybe the private sector does have a contibution to make to health care that could be positive? I doubt it. That would be counter to your ‘cradle to grave socialism for the peons while robbing them blind behind their backs’ dogma.
Tell me Scott. What are the health care waiting lne targets for next year? Do y’all plan to hold them at say just a 10% increase, are are you going for broke to add 25 to 50 % to them?
I don’t know what all the fuss is about…I’ve had a private health plan for 10 years I have used private health servives twice ( in the US) courtesy of my private plan because the service/procedure I required was either not available in Canada or not covered by public health funding.
The premiums are manageable and the service is indespensable if you want to survive the deadly gaps in the public system.
I’m not ( as Roy, Jack and the other commie martyrs charge) “rich” and I see this as no more 2 tiered than auto, home or accident insurance….all of which I have.
The government not only should not be in competition with the private insurance sector but it is damn inefficient and renders an inferior product when it does try to compete.
I no sooner would choose government health insurance any more than I would government auto, home or work hazard insurance…and I do have a choice…which the SCC has begudgingly addmitted….I’m just pissed that I must still pay for the inferior government plans while I have private coverage.
Oooops! Sorry Scott. Normally I cannot and do not read any of the propaganda issued by the libranos. If I do, my skin breaks out in ugly red blotches all over, and then I have to wait a month or so to see my doctor, then another 6 months or so to get referred to a skin specialist, then go and pay $64 for some skin cream prescription.
I didn’t realize you were using sarcasm here by pointing to a spoofed liberal site. I asked a friend to access your link first in case it was a legitimate librano site, so that my skin wouldn’t break out all over again. Sorry about any misunderstanding. 🙂
Hey, Coyne may not be blogging, but he’s on the front page of the Post today (weighing in on the Supreme Court decision) – and because of production problems, the entire electronic edition of the Post is available free for today on their website.