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Of course it is not going to be stated in legislation or stated publicly. It goes without saying. For you to ask shows you have no understanding of how the world works. Did you ever notice the repeated campaign ads run by the Hospital Employees union on television in the recent election. These ads were often quickly followed by an NDP ad. Both repeated the same lie that the Conservative would cut the health care funding by 4 billion dollars. Obviously the HEU is in bed with the BC NDP. Doesn't take a genius to see that.

It does operate as a dictatorship in some ways. That should be obvious to anyone who thinks. People cast one vote in four years, but that leaves the winner do basically whatever he wants. He can choose almost anything and does. Also the election is often very dishonest with all kinds of lies and fake information broadcast. The masses of gullible people often vote for dishonest leaders which has been proven repeatedly. Very democratic.

Guess you haven't noticed. There is no "same treatment" in the health care system. It is completely haphazard care with millions getting vastly different care than others. Nothing equitable about it. That's what your commie mentality got you. It a lottery type of care. Government is not doing what society wanted. Society was led to believe everyone would have good care, but millions are not getting it. Wake up and smell the coffee.

" OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will on Monday unveil the details of its long-awaited plan to cap emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector, an idea which the energy industry and some provinces strongly oppose. Canada said in December 2023 it wanted oil and gas companies to cut emissions up to 38% from 2019 levels by 2030 by introducing a cap-and-trade system, and would unveil its draft proposals before the end of 2024." Canada to unveil proposed emissions cap on oil and gas sector on Monday Many Canadians are struggling with the housing crisis and the cost of living. Imposing emission controls on the oil and gas sector, which is a major economic driver, will just add more to the cost of living for Canadians and make life more difficult. This government must go ASAP.

The system is supposed to exist for the benefit of patients first. In Canada the system puts the unions and medical associations first. Ever thought of that?

True in a very limited sense. It doesn't tell anywhere near the truth. Some governments are brutal dictatorships, some are democratic to varying degrees. Your statement shows your ignorance about how the world operates. ....get over it.

It has shades of Marxism because in Canada the government controls the health care system and does not allow a true mix of public and private health care with private insurance. Government (Marxist type) knows what is best for you. We have an authoritarian type of government and and public health care system, which is failing us. The strange part is the public system delivers vastly different qualities of care depending on what is available in one's location and how fortunate one is. Some have a family doctor and many don't. Some might get fairly reasonable care while others might die on waiting lists or have no family doctor. The quality of care varies widely. There is no such thing as equal care for everyone.

The truth, which you conveniently ignore, is the government still controls the health care system and doesn't allow private care to operate independently with private insurance. This government only control is unique among western nations as most allow some sort of mixture of public and private care. This is autocratic or totalitarian. In that sense it has shades of Marxist ideology. While not a pure Marxist system, it leans that way. Only government knows what's best (according to the left wing Socialist mentality). You like it because that is your mentality.

Let me guess. The government still controls how the doctor runs his office or clinic and decides how much he is paid. The government together with the medical associations determines how much doctors make, how many doctors are trained and brought into the system. Everything is still basically controlled by the government. Is that Marxism or a form of Marxism? Government controls it.

The NDP are largely influenced and controlled by the big unions. The unions are dead set against any kind of mixture of public and private health care because it threatens their union power over the system. Therefore the NDP will never agree to any kind of public/private system.

You and yours were fortunate. I number of years ago I went into the ER with chest pains. The doctor forgot to give me a clot buster and I had a major heart attack that damaged my heart permanently and it only functions at a fraction of a normal heart now. My sister had a heart procedure recently that seriously damaged her heart. She was put on medications to eliminate infection and reduce fluid and was just sent home. She is on the medications and is extremely weak. She should never have been given a procedure where they had a serious accident and seriously damaged her heart. So much for the system that "is working fine from your perspective". Thousands have died on waiting lists and millions don't even have a family doctor. ERs are closing sometimes. Ya, great system.

This system denies freedom of choice and there is no choice to purchase private health insurance and get treatment. Anyone may be stuck on a long waiting list and in fact die waiting. So instead of fixing the failing system by allowing private care, the government offers assisted death to anyone who can't bear it anymore (MAID). The Marxist ideology is everyone should receive the same poor medical care. That's Socialist or Marxist ideology. Everyone must suffer equally. That's the theory. But in fact the system doesn't work that way either. Some, just by good fortune, have a family doctor and millions don't. Some get some kind of illness such as cancer and end up on long waiting lists and possibly die. Others don't get that particular disease or are in different location where the waiting list is much shorter. There is nothing equal about the universal health care system in Canada. The only thing one might say is that it is failing equally in a general sense everywhere in Canada. This makes it a kind of Marxist health care system. This information below about the options in other countries came from: SecondStreet.org

I guess you could say the north American natives owned north America then and we the white people of European descent invaded their land and took over.

Same reason aboriginals in north America were called Indians for hundreds of years. Just a name given to people who live in a certain area. Palestine was a name given to that area of the middle east by the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago and the people who lived in the area were called Palestinians.

There never was a country called "Palestine". That is a name for the general area given to it by the Roman Empire in the time the Roman Empire ruled that part of the world. The name was invented as a direct insult against Israel and is a derivative of the word Philistine. The Philistines were an enemy of Israel in Old Testament times. Perhaps you heard the story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant soldier of the Philistines who David fought against when he was little kid. Goliath had a huge sword and protected by armor. The Bible story tells what happened. David was a young person who took on Goliath and hit him with his slingshot and then took Goliath's huge sword and killed him with it. Israel existed long before the Roman Empire took over a couple thousand years ago. Here is a brief history of Israel from Wikipedia. " The history of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel begins in the 2nd millennium BCE, when Israelites emerged as an outgrowth of southern Canaanites.[1][2][3][4] During biblical times, a postulated United Kingdom of Israel existed but then split into two Israelite kingdoms occupying the highland zone: the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in the north, and the Kingdom of Judah in the south.[5] The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (circa 722 BCE), and the Kingdom of Judah by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (586 BCE). Initially exiled to Babylon, upon the defeat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (538 BCE), many of the Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, building the Second Temple. In 332 BCE the kingdom of Macedonia under Alexander the Great conquered the Achaemenid Empire, which included Yehud (Judea). This event started a long religious struggle that split the Jewish population into traditional and Hellenized components. After the religion-driven Maccabean Revolt, the independent Hasmonean Kingdom was established in 165 BCE. In 64 BCE, the Roman Republic conquered Judea, first subjugating it as a client state before ultimately converting it into a Roman province in 6 CE. Although coming under the sway of various empires and home to a variety of ethnicities, the area of ancient Israel was predominantly Jewish until the Jewish–Roman wars of 66–136 CE. The wars commenced a long period of violence, enslavement, expulsion, displacement, forced conversion, and forced migration against the local Jewish population by the Roman Empire (and successor Byzantine State), beginning the Jewish diaspora. After this time, Jews became a minority in most regions, except Galilee. After the 3rd century, the area became increasingly Christianized, although the proportions of Christians and Jews are unknown, the former perhaps coming to predominate in urban areas, the latter remaining in rural areas.[6] By the time of the Muslim conquest of the Levant, the number of Jewish population centers had declined from over 160 to around 50 settlements. Michael Avi-Yonah says that Jews constituted 10–15% of Palestine's population by the time of the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem in 614,[7] while Moshe Gil says that Jews constituted the majority of the population until the 7th century Muslim conquest in 638 CE.[8] Remaining Jews in Palestine fought alongside Muslims during the Crusades, and were persecuted under the Kingdom of Jerusalem. History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel - Wikipedia It is not Palestinian land. There was no actual country called Palestine to begin with. So called Palestinians are Arabs who lived in the area which actually belonged to Israel long before 1949. The history is above. This has been Israel's land for several thousand years but has been fought over at various times ever since. There are reasons but they are not "good" reasons. You need to do some studying. I am not going to waste my time on here trying to explain why many countries in Europe persecuted the Jews the past 1,800 years because you don't accept what I say anyway. So if you are serious in wanting to know there are books and countless articles on the internet. It all culminated with the Nazis Holocaust. If you think all the persecution and murder of six million Jews was all right or that is must have been justified your brain is completely wrecked. You need help. I don't see any sign that anything I say will change your mind in the slightest.

I think we pretty much agree. I am not sure just how the system could be changed to a mixed system of public and private to enable everyone to receive good health care. This would raise the average age that people live. The problem is the governments that we have are not interested in changing the system. That is a very difficult hurdle. B.C. just re-elected an NDP government and they will only be holding onto power by a thread with a bare majority by one seat. They are not likely to legalize and enable private medical care on any scale because that goes against their ideology and they also depend on the big unions for voting support. So more of the same, massive doctor shortage and long waits in ERs, and people dying on waiting lists unfortunately. It would appear the whole system of how doctors are educated and brought into the system needs major changes. Whoever is running the present system seems to be an impediment. We need a system that produces a lot of new doctors every year.

That is a confusing statement. I agree with part of it; it is a failure of governments, which only proves government is not the right one to be the sole provider of health care. Of course if happened with every party in power. The problem is the left including the Liberals and NDP are adamant that only government can provide good health care when it has been proven they can't.

I suggest you do some studying about the history of Israel. "Social and political developments in Europe convinced Jews they needed their own country, and their ancestral homeland seemed like the right place to establish it. European Jews — 90 percent of all Jews at the time — arrived at Zionism partly because of rising antisemitic persecution and partly because the Enlightenment introduced Jews to secular nationalism. Between 1896 and 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews resettled from Europe to what was then British-controlled Palestine, including large numbers forced out of Europe during the Holocaust." The fact is they have been persecuted for 2,000 years and much of it by Europe and the RC Church. So it is understandable that they would want their own country back after being driven out of it centuries ago. The world in general is anti-Semitic and their only choice is to return to their homeland of Israel which they did over the past century. Israel-Palestine conflict: How did Israel become a country | Vox

"6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. Proverbs 14:6-9 KJV

. Guess you don't think God, who created everything out of nothing, could part the sea. "21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. " Exodus 14:21-31 KJV

It i There are some things that people don't have to be a Christian or believe in the Bible to know. You don't appear to know that. It is a fake excuse to dismiss these things as just being religious. Things like murder, stealing, adultery, and yes, fornication or pre-marital sex are all wrong. Just because many people in modern society are pagans and don't accept Christianity, doesn't make what people do right. Society has become quite depraved and fallen in the last 100 years. You seem to somehow think these things are progress or progressive and great improvements. Actually it is the opposite. More divorce, and breakup of families, more crime, and more youth involved in these things is not a improvement of society at all. It is a collapse of society.

That is just pure evil. You have a very debauched and decadent mind it seems. Prostitution is certainly evil and spreads evil around as well as syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, etc. This is a well known fact. It leads to people committing fornication and adultery. Adultery often results in breakup of marriages and children being raised by one parent which is a handicap to them and often leads to problems itself. When government condones or allows something harmful like illicit drugs, prostitution, etc. then government is promoting things that are harmful and evil. They are contributing to the destruction of an orderly society and the ruin of the lives of millions of people. Your problem is you have no sense of right and wrong or put another common way, no moral compass. You are not alone. Society is full of people like that. Perhaps you have friends that think that way too. That doesn't help. You need to leave them behind. The only thing I can recommend for you is to get a King James Bible (Authorized Version) and start studying it. Possibly also find a good fundamental church and start attending. Perhaps you could find some good friends in such a church that would help you find the right path and provide some real friendship and happiness.

That's an empty argument and possibly false. Our leaders should not be governing our country based on what someone claims are the most popular opinion. First, we don't know if that is a fact or just a lying piece of propaganda. Second, prostitution is harmful to society and the individuals involved and their families. So let's not see you promoting evil in Canada. We have enough already. Similar arguments are being made for safe injection sites and free hard drugs for addicts. It doesn't solve the drug crisis and only enables it. Again it is people promoting evil and turning society into a dumpster fire. I'm sure the devil loves the people promoting all this evil.

Allowing prostitution is allowing girls and women' bodies to be exploited and used as a commodity. This is repugnant to many Canadians. Prostitution degrades the dignity of women and girls and is not something that should be condoned. That sounds like you inventing something that doesn't exist. What happens between men and women, if it's not prostitution, does not interest the government. It is wrong from a Biblical point of view because sex outside of marriage is fornication and condemned in the Bible. But it is not something any government in recent decades has become involved in. Nobody has been arrested unless it involves exploitation of women, girls, or youth. Bill C-36 was passed but it was fundamentally to outlaw the sexual exploitation of women and girls.

Uh...ok whatever.