Singh should stop raising spectre of health-care boogeyman

Canadians want politicians to pursue real solutions, not take things off the table simply because there is some political opportunity in posturing on a fairy tale.

The only one talking about ‘American-style’ medicine is NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who seems to prefer scaring people with another boogeyman as opposed to finding a solution that isn’t a dated status quo approach, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 1, 2023

OTTAWA—So here we go again: as Canadians call out for major health-care reform, the NDP wants to have a faux fight about privatization in our national health-care system. As Parliament resumed on Jan. 30, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he wanted an emergency debate about pr...

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