But Mediocrity Is a National Value

In Canada, it is better to defend a failed system than admit that it does not work and let the world hear one say as much:

The court could well be right about one thing: an efficient, private option that relieved pressure on the public one would threaten the public system, at least in its status-quo form — inefficient, ineffective, overwhelmed, bracing for a second wave. The court couldn’t really have said it any better: that’s the system Canadians must suffer to preserve. We note simply that this defence of the current reality is, in fact, the best possible case for reform.

Also:

Odd how those applauding the ruling against Dr. Brian Day never mention this: The Justice who delivered the ruling, was himself plucked from the public wait list & then benefited from surgery @ the False Creek Surgery Centre, a private clinic that his ruling says shouldn't exist.

— Jill Bennett (@jillreports) September 11, 2020