Healthcare

Amidst globalization and americanization, it is sometimes hard to define what being Canadian is. No value is as distinctly Canadian as that of universal health care, as it is the only country in the world that offers it. Perhaps this is why the debate over the privatization of healthcare has been a heated one. True, the valued Canadian health system is going through a period of crisis and is undoubtedly in need of some serious …

…e the same social goals as the public system did. The privatization of healthcare not only falls short of realizing healthcare as universal, but would actually be detrimental to the healthcare system if employed. Yes, the Canadian health system is in need of reform but what limited benefits privatization will bring to the rich are undermined by the problems that it will create for the implementation of universal health care and society as a whole.