News Commentary – Having a ‘national seniors strategy’ could ease wait time crisis

Are long wait times simply the price we must pay in order to uphold our Canadian values of equity and fairness?

As a doctor of medicine and professor who has spent a career in health policy and advocacy, I disagree. Our health system — designed in the 1960s — is in dire need of an overhaul. Canadians and their health needs have changed, but the system hasn’t changed with them. Wait times are not the core problem. They are a symptom of the problem.

And, like every doctor, I would rather cure the problem than just treat the symptoms.

Full article at: Global News