The number of Canadians who visit emergency departments across the country only to give up and leave before they receive any care has increased more than fivefold, according to new data collected by CTV News.

  • ram
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    291 year ago

    It’s crazy that over the last decades, conservatives have fought tooth and nail against any foreign aid or immigration under the false assertion that “we need to take care of our own”, meanwhile any time they have any freedom to do so, they decidedly “take care of our own” less and less.

    And yet Doug Ford has a majority in Ontario, Tim Houston has a majority in Nova Scotia, Danielle Smith has a majority in Alberta, Scott Moe has a majority in Saskatchewan, and Bill Oliver has a majority in New Brunswick.

    Who’s voting for these troglodytes? Who’s looking at the options of “a better future for real people, or a worse future for real people” and choosing the latter? Surely it’s not all just in the name of bad memes and “owning the libs”… right?

    • @Bonskreeskreeskree
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      71 year ago

      They’re idiots. The answer is idiots. People that will half ass argue “politics” with you for 110 seconds before cutting you off and saying “look I don’t care about politics or follow it as closely as you”. They’re voting straight ticket. They’re voting in every election. They only care about optics and identity politics. They don’t fact check shit, they don’t care about policy. They just care about sound bites and headlines.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        1984 and Idiocracy are more similar than one realizes as they both turned out to be prophetic.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      we need to take care of our own

      They do mean this. “Their own” just refers to anyone living off of investment or property income, with a seven-plus-figure net worth. Context is important.

    • @Boxtifer
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      11 year ago

      Could they perhaps say whatever they wanna say until they see financial numbers in front of them?

    • Franzia
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      -101 year ago

      I reckon all the smartest Canadians live in America. 😓

          • ram
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            1 year ago

            I was worried so, but surely we wouldn’t go to a nation without healthcare to escape bad healthcare.

            • Nik282000
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              -31 year ago

              Trade “free” but unavailable health care for higher buying power, and lower taxes, but the requirement of health insurance.

              • ram
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                1 year ago

                Free but less available health care for completely unavailable healthcare. Poor people exist, yk.