Emergency wait times are a threat to our health

A June study by the Montreal Economic Institute revealed wait times across Canada have increased in the past five years, and that Quebec has the worst wait times in the country.
We can do a better job of caring for people in need, writes Andrew Caddell.

MONTREAL—Health care is regularly in the headlines, for obvious reasons: it will cost $375-billion in 2025, more than two-thirds of that from taxpayers. About 6.5 million Canadians don’t have a family doctor, more than 2.3 million of them in Quebec. This means many peopl...

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