I have been following Thinkapalooza today, and I must confess that I would never have predicted the critical importance of embracing two tier healthcare making policy headlines at the Liberal Thinkers Conference. I had been under the impression (thanks to the ghosts of election campaigns past) that the Liberals saw the move towards two tier healthcare as some evil threat being implied in the Tory platform. They tried their best to convince me that it is evil and wrong, yet now it is the talk of the town at Thinkfest?
Or can the Liberals pass off this apparent hypocrisy on Obama? Five years ago two tier healthcare was framed as the “Americanization" of Canadian Healthcare, but now that Obama is trying to Canadianize the American system, two tier healthcare is okay? I doubt Iggy will place this delicious morsel in Red Book 2.0. I need to start thinking of ways to parody Red Book 2.0. There are lots of opportunities for humour. Perhaps Canadiansense can do a video juxtapositioning Thinkapalooza with Sesame Street? Can you tell me how to get to Thinkapalooza?
I never understood Martin attacking the Tories on allegations of two tier healthcare. We already have it, and it proliferated through a dozen years of Liberal rule. They were trying to attack the Tories for something they had already done. That would seem to be a constant theme these days…
'I never understood Martin attacking the Tories on allegations of two tier healthcare.'
ReplyDeleteFor Dipper votes.
What other reason can you attribute to the existance of the LPC over the last decade?
They brokered other parties ideas. period.
LibDippers are responsible for our healthcare system being the disasterous albatross it is today.
It will be amusing to watch Liberals squirm on this and the not so hidden carbon tax overwhelming support from within.
''..McKenna allowed that any notion of tinkering with medicare has proven deadly to politicians who've raised the idea in the past...''
ReplyDeleteGee, I wonder why?
could it be the LibDippers demonizing Preston Manning, Stockwell Day and Stephen Harper and the biggest boogeyman, Conservative Premier Ralph Klein and the province of Alberta....
why yes.
To understand the Liberal position on two tier health care you have to realize the Liberals practice two tier hypocrisy.
ReplyDeleteTwo tier hypocrisy . . . a core Liberal operating principal.
Actually it would be more accurate to call it "Redbook VII".
ReplyDeleteWell, the US does have government run insurance for senior citizens - Medicare, run by the federal government. Medicaid for low income individuals and for the army. Health care is just a conundrum. btw as a conservative, what's your view of Reagan? I admire him, but like any other president, he had major challenges to deal with.
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