"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Anyway, Canada ends up with essentially a two-party government:
Conservatives: 167
NDP: 102
Liberals: 34
Quebec: 4
Green: 1

It has effectively been a two-party setup for most of its history, although
lately the two parties that traditionally took turns forming the govt. have
instead taken turns getting stomped in elections, sometimes giving the
traditional comedy party--the NDP--the balance of power in parliament--it's
amazing they're now the opposition. But it doesn't really matter, ask most
Canadians from outside Ontario and Quebec and they'll tell you that the
whole system is set up to benefit those two provinces with all the others
coming in a distant second. So whoever is in power, their first priority
will always be taking care of Ontario and Quebec. Imagine if New York State
and California between them had 2/3 the national population and what that
would mean for the rest of the country--that's the way it works in Canada.

As for MRIs, I know somebody there who just waited over six months to get
one, although it didn't cost her anything when she finally got to the head
of the line. So it's a different set of problems from the also broken
American system, they both need serious adjustments.