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Originally Posted by GGG
What makes you believe the lack of privatization is the issue when comparing Canadian outcomes to Europe vs higher wages paid to staff as a result of competition from the US?
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Simply raising wages is not getting to the heart of the problem. Trudeau is right when he says I am not going to simply throw money at the provinces. The main problem is the inefficiencies of the hospitals, as we have presently structured them.
The main impass, with regard to the Federal Government increasing the funding to the provinces, seems to be establishing accountability. With privatization, it seems to me that if the money is more targeted, in the case of funding these private clinics, the Government would more easily be able to quantify and compare results, and thereby justify the spending.
I believe it is common knowledge that the private sector is more efficient than the public sector, so theoretically moving the procedures from the hospitals to the clinics should give positive results with regard to waiting times. I believe this has been demonstrated in other countries.