Bog: I think there is a significant difference between Canada and the USA re socialism as shown with healthcare but also with education
This started in the 1960’s when a very inspiring politician from the Canadian prairies successfully persuaded Canadians of the benefits of Socialized medicine.
The result is that Canada has a very good health care system that covers everyone however not all operations are covered and for some situations such as joint replacement one can be forced to wait!.
The result for healthcare is that Canada covers everybody and healthcare costs in Canada are 40% less than in the USA.
Socialism is also apparent in education where college and university costs are held down by government - other than in the professional sectors -ie business, law & medicine.
Significant $$ are brought into the system by encouraging foreign students who pay fees up to 10 times higher fees- however this education funding is tied into an ability to immigrate into Canada.
The result is that Canada has much higher taxes than the USA, a much smaller # of millionaires with much use of the overworked phrase = “the middle class”
Last it is very important to appreciate that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the USA border with the result that Canadians are like the mouse sleeping beside the elephant = make sure you know when the elephant rolls over!
ROCK
ps tomorrow’s election is unlikely to change things and our current version of Robin Hood won’t be the Prime Minister