32. Smith and Carney May Destroy Socialized Medicine w/ Nikolas Barry-Shaw

I sit down with Nikolas Barry-Shaw, researcher and trade and privatization campaigner for the Council of Canadians, to break down how Alberta's Bill 11 is dismantling Canada's public healthcare system, with the help of an insurgent private insurance campaign.

Manulife, Canada Life, and Sun Life control two thirds of Canada's $66 billion private health benefits market. These behemoths helped draft Danielle Smith's signature legislation through covert government working groups. Meanwhile, doctors, unions, and the public were excluded.

Bill 11 creates a two-tier fast lane for the privately insured and opens the door to privatizing any part of the system by administrative fiat. So far, the Carney government is refusing to enforce the Canada Health Act, and Saskatchewan and Ontario watching that closely, ready to pounce.

Barry-Shaw argues this moment poses an existential threat to Medicare, from coast to coast. As Tommy Douglas warned forty years ago: the system must move forward or it will be crushed by capital.

Sources

Pandora's Box: Danielle Smith and Insurance Giants Unleash Attack on Healthcare

Danielle Smith Admitted She Wants to Throw Out Canada's Public Health Care Law

Alberta's Bill 11 Breaks Federal Law — Canadian Health Coalition

Bill 11 Analysis — Parkland Institute

Bill 11 Report — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Council of Canadians — Trade and Privatization

Friends of Medicare Alberta

Ontario Health Coalition

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