We have socialized medicine because in the fifites and sixties politicians saw the Canadian economy as the servant of the public. Today, all parties see the economy as the servant of speculators and corporations. And the leading lobbyist for these interests is Stephen Harper and the Conservative/Alliance/Reform party(ies). The leopard has not change his spots….just his sweater!
Garth Wickens
By Garrth Wickens
This article appears in Oct 9-15, 2008.