There was quite an impressive turnout on Saturday here in Markham for the Ontario PC Oak Ridges-Markham nomination meeting. Four very strong candidates all worked very hard, as was evident by the size and the enthusiasm of the crowd.
That’s me introducing Ms. Weerasinghe.
And for a bit of the “back story” here’s some local commentary.
Chantal Hébert writes about the latest developments in the healthcare revolution that’s around the corner in Quebec:
As the minister who shepherded the introduction of medicare in the province in 1970, Castonguay is considered the father of the Quebec public health-care system. In contrast with most medicare pioneers though, he feels he gave birth to an insatiable monster, designed to gobble up untold amounts of public resources even as it delivers uneven outputs.
He advocates introducing user fees for medical services and a full-fledged two-tier health-care system. He sees the Canada Health Act, and the public monopoly on health care it imposes on the provinces, as remnants of a paternalistic federal era. Now, his views are set to become government policy.
(emphasis mine)