@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHealthcare10yrs ago

Should healthcare be a provincial or federal responsibility?

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48%
Provincial
50%
Federal
29%
Provincial
50%
Federal
20%
Provincial, but with federal funding and regulated standards

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 @3QJ4DQGfrom Ontario  answered…5yrs5Y

Provincial, but with a public/ private hybrid model.

 @B4RNJZYfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Provincial for working Canadians and Canadian seniors that did work in Canada, but federal for foreigners new to the country and not working.

 @B4QTQ5Mfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Both levels of government, too many in hospital need more facilities with long term care mix of private and public combined

 @9T3VJQSfrom Ontario  answered…10mos10MO

I prefer a hybrid system where certain aspects of healthcare should be handled provincially, with Federal oversight to ensure there is regulation to not privatize our system. Healthcare should be a right not a privilege. I think a country's government should be responsible for ensuring our most vulnerable citizens are taken care of.

 @9FLZ4Q8from Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

no healthcare walk it off

 @9FJ27B2from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

it should be under privet companies

 @9F87XWWfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

doesn't matter but should be covered

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

Health care is a Federal responsibility. The health of Canadians is the Canadian governments responsibility.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Wealthy Skiers Furious After Labor Strike Ruins $20K Vacations

Vacationers at the largest ski resort in the United States were outraged over the three hour long waits for lifts caused by a worker strike.The week after Christmas is usually the busiest time of the year for skiing, and that is no exception for Utah's Park City Resort, the biggest ski area in the US by slope length.On December 27 the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association went on strike against Vail Resorts, the owner of Park City ski mountain, and demanded a living wage.Despite a January 4 message from Vail claiming the mountain was 'open and operating safely despite the patrol union strike,' skiers have noticed huge delays in using the facilities.In his post, he included a picture of the obscenely long line he had been stuck in for the chairlift. It costs $288 for a single-day lift ticket at Park City Resort, while for children aged 5 to 12, parents will need to fork over $187.A video posted to a local news outlet's Instagram showed a line for a lift winding through a huge section of the resort. People carrying all their gear were seen waiting with no end in sight.'You have less than 20 percent of the mountain available to ski, but they’re not limiting the amount of guests or consumers they’re allowing on the ski mountain, which made it very unsafe and very challenging for, I think, everyone,' Nystrom later told ABC4.com in an interview.As of Monday morning, nearly 30 percent of the mountain's trails are open, while about 60 percent of the lifts are operational.'I think the majority of guests are aligned with the workers and the employees in saying, "hey we need to work together to figure out how we can encourage Vail Resorts to come to the bargaining table,"' Nystrom said.He added that because of his poor experience, he'll be 'looking elsewhere than a Vail-managed resort and mountain' for his next ski trip.In a December 23 Instagram post the union for the ski patrollers explained the goals behind the strike.The union wants fair compensation for 'the experienced and skilled senior patrollers' and better benefits, including a healthcare stipend, accrued paid time off, holiday pay and parental leave.They also want the hourly base wage for a ski patroller to be raised from $21 to $23. As part of that they demanded an 'annual cost of living adjustment.'

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Should the government incentivize the construction of affordable housing?

Yes

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