Quote of the Day: “No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk. What do the poor most need? They need to stop being poor. And how can that be done, on a mass scale, except by an economy that creates vastly more wealth? Yet the political left has long had a remarkable lack of interest in how wealth is created. As far as they are concerned, wealth exists somehow and the only interesting question is how to redistribute it.” Thomas Sowell
No Editorial today. Instead, there is an op-ed from TorStar columnist (oh boy…) Andrew Phillips. He whines about “…a revealing interview with Susan Delacourt, the prime minister was eager to take on Poilievre.” In the interview, it was clear that Trudeau is now desperate since the Conservatives lead the Liberals by about 5 points nationwide and a huge 9 points in Ontario (https://canadianpolling.ca/).
Over the last few days, there have been a number of op-eds on the Opinion and Insight Pages that talk about Ford’s decision to allow private clinics to help offload day surgeries from hospitals. I wish every article about this issue would simply state that there are an estimated 600,000 people waiting for surgeries and 106,000 just in Ontario. Start from these statistics (which are the only ones that matter) and then discuss the problems/issues/solutions of the Canadian bankrupt healthcare system.