Oh Canada...

The Gazette from Canada reports on a Liberal thinkers conference held at Montreal. In the course of the conference, David Dodge, former deputy finance minister and governor of the Bank of Canada made the following statement:

In a morning session on health care the conference was told that Canadians and their governments must face up to some hard facts and have “an adult conversation” about the future of the country’s health care system.

The advice came from David Dodge, the past governor of the Bank of Canada and former deputy finance minister who said medicare costs will inevitably rise in coming years at a greater rate than government revenues and the country’s gross domestic product, and require some unpalatable choices to be made.

Choices he suggested include new taxes specifically dedicated for health care or a steady reduction in the scope and quality of services provided by the public health system that would require people to either pay for private care themselves or suffer ever greater wait times for service in the public system.

“These are stark and unpalatable choices that we face with respect to health care, but there is no magic solution,” he said. “We absolutely must have an adult debate about how we deal with this. Finding solutions in this area is extraordinarily difficult, but it is imperative.”

Canadians have nothing to worry about. All they have to do is follow the plan devised by Obama and his acolytes. They will provide health care for 30 million uninsured and lower the cost of health care without affecting quality.

Oh, how I love a fairytale? Or is it gaytale? We don’t want to be politically incorrect.