• @[email protected]
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    151 day ago

    What’s to be proud of? The fact I have to wait three years to see certain medical specialists currently? Or the past of genocide and racism?

    • @[email protected]
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      723 hours ago

      There are faults, but also benefits. My dad recently had heart trouble over new years and within 4 hours of arriving at the ER, he was triaged, brought into emergency, had two ekgs, a cat scan, an ultrasound and consultation with a Cardiologist, then transferred to a private room in ICU

      Within another two days he was transferred to another hospital to get an angioplasty and then an arterial stent, then released two days later with a months worth of prescription pills for $50 since it was the new years and the deductible still needed to be met before they were free.

      I would take that over America’s system any day.

    • @JamablayaOP
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      131 day ago

      I waited 2.5 years for a surgery once, showed up, it was cancelled, they referred me to another guy, showed up, he gave me a steroid injection, said i should have been getting those every three months for the last 2.5 years and refused to schedule another appointment in 3 months.

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          Sometimes I think Trudeau has such a hard on for gun control because he realized he’s the first PM who is gonna need american style security till he’s an old, old man. Every other PM just kinda slid back into normal life but he’s not gonna have that privilege. Can’t think of anyone pissed the public off to this degree in Canadian politics since his dear old dad.

          • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)
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            81 day ago

            Do you not remember Harper? That man was/is despised outside of Canada almost as much as in it.

            • @JamablayaOP
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              I remember him clearly, Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Brian Mulroney. Even the most unpopular of the three never earned himself that visceral, down to the bone hatred in a ridiculous number of people. The odd “Stop Harper” sticker on traffic signs vs a whole country awash in “Fuck Trudeau” flags. They’re even common in the lower mainland of BC. More to the point, like Jean Chretien and Paul Martin, and Harper too, they needed minimal security for a short period of time, if at all, after leaving office.

              • @[email protected]
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                214 hours ago

                The other 3 never had to contend with the hyper-polarizing brainwashing machine that is Facebook and other social media platforms. That’s the difference.

                • @JamablayaOP
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                  18 hours ago

                  Man, all you have to do is watch the six oclock news over a few years to come to that opinion of him.

              • @[email protected]
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                322 hours ago

                I mean, lower mainland of BC is full of religious rednecks. Particular pockets aren’t much different than rural Alberta.