Thomas Walkom: Harper and the subtle erosion of medicare (in the Toronto Star)

"... medicare requires a federal government willing to enforce the Canada Health Act. If, in the name of allowing provincial experimentation, it chooses not to do so, the system simply atrophies.

"As Harper told his Fraser Institute friends six years ago, those who think the Canada Health Act necessarily prevents two-tier medicine are simply wrong. With the right government in control federally, it can be a most flexible instrument."

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