Bee ... it's not nonsnese to believe the system is running out of money ... we are at a crossroads now on how long the current system can be sustained ... if we do not arrive a reasonable solution now healthcare will absorb a large majority of government funding in 10 years ... so much so other social programs such as education, care for the elderly will be severely jeopardised.

The country currently is suffering from lack of doctors, shortage of hospital space and lack of funds for maintaining the quality medical infrastructure.

Case in point regarding shortage of hospital space right here at the New Brunswick regional here in Saint John ... "recently an 86-year-old man had to spend the night in a shower room at the Saint John Regional Hospital in the midst of its continuing bed shortage" .. they have also had to put adults up in the pediatric ward.

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not proposing that privatization or even part-privatization is the route to go ... but we can't be fooled and we must be aware that a solution has to be arrived at soon or before we know it our beloved health care system will be gone.

With that, I post a quote from Tommy Douglas, the father of Canada's Health care system ... "Courage, my friends; 'tis not too late to build a better world."

biLL