Mr. Harper will need to cut 22 billion dollars in services to carry out his plan. What do you suppose he will cut to do that. He has already publicly stated that he will cancel the Liberal tax cuts. The issue of private medicare plans is a red herring as almost all working Canadians belong to a "Private Health Plan". These plans are not set up as an alternative to the National Plan they compliment it.
The Conservative Government of Nova Scotia did a great deal that was Detrimental to Health services in NS, then they blamed it on the feds.