Even as the population is purportedly determining through the May 2 election the policies Canada’s government will pursue in the years ahead, big business is outlining the real agenda that will be implemented by the political elite.In spite of years of chipping away at funding for the program by the Canadian ruling class, the program remains hugely popular by all except the wealthy.
Chief among its priorities is an assault on what remains of the welfare state and especially the universal public health insurance system, Medicare.
People and organizations who have campaigned in the US for a single payer universal health care program have often pointed to Canadian Medicare as a low-cost, successful example of such a program. Thus, the Canadian program has been a major thorn in the side of the US insurance industry and their supporters. I have my suspicions that political operatives in the US have put pressure on their Canadian counterparts to destroy their program.