Naheed Nenshi: Fact Checked

Was Naheed Nenshi accurate and fair in his criticism of Danielle Smith's government when he joined us on June 24? In this episode, we task two UCP supporters with "fact checking" the Alberta NDP leader's comments and providing alternative perspectives.
2:25 | Former UCP president Cynthia Moore and Alberta Institute's Peter McCaffrey respond to Naheed Nenshi's comments on infrastructure, schools, electricity rates, healthcare, carbon capture, and Premier Danielle Smith's time spent in her riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat.
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[@barbt.]

Working as a health care fundraiser does not make a person an expert in healthcare for F sake.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Also, it was an Alberta PC cabinet minister, under premier Ralph Klein, who made a bill which made it so that any new power transmission lines that would be built in Alberta, would be used for exporting the power to American states, and the power consumers in Alberta would be paying for these newly built power transmission lines.

[@jaymenjanssens720]

Dwayne Wladyka tearing it up in these comments. 🎉 It's not challenging to be lied to, it's a waste of time. It's challenging accepting reality as it is. Bad guests. 11:00 Divisiveness started with Nenshi... Fact checkers doesn't mean: liars for opposing propaganda. Yeesh. 29:00 Parthways Alliance while pausing renewable investments but this joker doesn't think there's one sided preferential treatment... 1:03:00 🦓🔥 Labchuck Hype! She's incredible.

[@timberwolf7175]

What are property tax for again? I don't think Alberta is calling should be still rolling out.

[@HeatherFullager]

I hope you are going to fact check the fact checkers, RJ.

[@shanereese3935]

@@HeatherFullager the only true “Fact Checkers” is free speach

[@dwaynewladyka577]

These guests were way off the mark. In 2010, CPC Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, said that coal fired power plants must be decommissioned in Canada, by the earlier part of this decade, because they are a major contribution to GHG emissions, and reduced air quality. Jim Prentice was the last Alberta PC premier, and he wanted coal fired power plants decommissioned in Alberta for the same reasons, and he wanted more wind power and more solar power for Alberta. In the 2015 provincial election in Alberta, all the political parties in Alberta were campaigning on closing down coal fired power plants in Alberta, and they all wanted to get into more green energy sources. Ralph Klein's deregulation of electricity is the first reason why Albertans have very high power prices. He made the unsubstantiated claim that power prices would immediately go down, after electricity deregulation in Alberta happened. Instead, power prices in Alberta went up greatly. A former power engineer, who also dealt with the market side of power in Alberta, has said that electricity deregulation in Alberta has cost Albertans $32 billion, since 2001. He said this in 2015. Ralph Klein's Power Purchase Agreements mistake, also cost Albertans $10 billion. In 2010-11, TransAlta was manipulating power prices in Alberta, and in 2015, they were given a $56 million fine, which they have only passed onto the power consumers in Alberta. TransAlta was also involved with economic witholding, before the NDP were in power in Alberta, and the NDP stopped that. In 2019, the UCP resorted back to an energy only system for power, and stopped the NDP's pursuit of a capacity based power system, which led to these power blackouts in Alberta, this past winter and spring. The UCP also removed the NDP's cap on power prices in Alberta, which increased power prices in Alberta even more. The UCP blew billions of dollars on various voter bribery schemes, including making it look like they were reducing power prices for Albertans, but this was merely a loan to power companies in Alberta, which power consumers must now pay back on their power bills. In June of 2020, the UCP allowed economic witholding to come back, and they allowed power companies in Alberta to hold back the power, which made Albertans pay the highest power prices in Canada. This is what happened.

[@cowboywayne35]

I don't know where ryan found these jokers

[@theowoytowich9959]

I moved to Alberta in 2017, signed up with EPCOR for 5.99 cents per kilowatt, way cheaper than the rates I was paying in Ontario. Have been paying the same rate for the last 7 years. About to renew with EPCOR for the next 5 years for under 10 cents per kilowatt. So I will trust the actual facts that affect me other than all the noise from some NDP supporter.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

​@@theowoytowich9959Those are facts, not something that is from an "NDP supporter". The expert in economics, who was working in the power industry in Alberta for many years, has also said what caused Alberta's power problems, and why we are paying the highest power prices in Canada. He said the NDP aren't responsible. This person was also a member of the Wildrose party at one point, but they weren't an MLA.

[@theowoytowich9959]

@@dwaynewladyka577 I guess there are facts and then there are "expert facts". As an Albertan I know currently I'm not paying the the highest prices for power in Canada. I know of at least four provinces that are paying more . I guess we should fact check the so called "expert in economics"

[@EpicMother249]

Never have I ever. Looked at my ellectricity bill and marveled at how much I was paying in "Local Access Fees" Maintenance + Delivery + G/joule ---------------------- Paying 3 times for the same product. (Exponential thievery) I dont go to the gas station to buy my fuel, then pay the delivery guy and then maintenance guy. Just like the used car salesman. You got the public argueing about the monthly payment so he doesnt look at contract length or interest rates.

[@beasport505]

You can thank your liberal ndp coalition and Nenshi and Gondik are JT best buds. Edmonton mayor as well.

[@EpicMother249]

@beasport505 And you can thank your echo chamber for your misinformation

[@dwaynewladyka577]

When it comes to wasting and losing exponential amounts of money on the most costliest debacles repeatedly, the Alberta PCs were good at that, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta. This is what the UCP did, before Danielle Smith was premier of Alberta. It's the same type of wasteful spending that the Alberta PCs did, for decades. Blew money on plane flights to various places, which had no practical purpose, and gave no tangible results. Blew money on pricey hotel stays. Blew money on one sided panels and committees, which are stacked with their Conservative friends. Blew money on lawsuits, which the UCP knows they can't win. Blew $120 million on a useless 'War Room', blew nearly $200,000 on an unsuccessful UCP candidate to run the 'War Room', and blew large sums of money, daily on the 'War Room'. Blew a total of $16 billion on 2 very imbalanced 'aid packages' for Alberta. Lost in between $8 billion to $10 billion, from 2 rounds of corporate tax cuts, which didn't produce a single new hire. Blew well over $7 billion on a pipeline bet gone bad. Lost $4 billion on a pension fund debacle. Lost nearly $2 billion from the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, and lost even more money from that fund. Lost $1.6 billion on an 'accounting error'. Borrowd $25 billion, without asking Albertans about it, and the UCP have never revealed what they have used the money for. Hired 20, or more of their Conservative friends, for pointless positions, which pay in between $100,000 per year to $250,000 per year. Blew billions of dollars trying to prop up the Alberta PCs $35 billion bitumen upgrader debacle. Blew well over $200,000 on a billboard ad in New York City. Blew money on film ads, which were aimed at children. Couldn't account for how around $650 million in covid aid money was used. Allowed power companies in Alberta to hold back the power, which increased power prices in Alberta exponentially, which is known as economic witholding, and has cost Albertans well over $100 billion, since June of 2020. Lost $4 billion, without any paper trail. Has an Australian coal mining company suing the UCP for nearly $4 billion, for breaking a contract agreement. The UCP aren't a Conservative government at all.

[@chadtosh6831]

Can tell you had a week up to rest your fingers. 🤣. Too bad you need a fact checking though…………

[@dwaynewladyka577]

​@@chadtosh6831Nope. These things happened. Too bad that you expect Danielle Smith and the UCP to be able to get away with doing these things. It doesn't help Albertans.

[@chadtosh6831]

@@dwaynewladyka577 Bahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🍻

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

Supported confederation through transfer payments, manpower, immigration strong trade. We wasted the money to be sure.

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

Nenshi did nothing for downtown business corporate support while in office. He was too busy with east village solidified city union relationship and his university culture while the companies left or downsized.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Economic witholding, which the UCP allowed to happen, in June of 2020, has cost Albertans well over $100 billion, since that time. The NDP aren't responsible for this at all.

[@theowoytowich9959]

How about some fact checking???????

[@dwaynewladyka577]

​@theowoytowich9959 That is a fact, because someone who was working in the power industry in Alberta for many years, as an economist, has already brought up who did economic witholding, and what it has cost us. I wouldn't dispute someone like that. They said that bad market design, electricity deregulation and economic witholding, are why Albertans pay the highest power prices in Canada, and they are also the causes of Alberta's power grid problems. Even on her own phone in radio talk show, last August, Danielle Smith admitted to a caller that economic witholding is why Albertans pay the highest power prices in Canada.

[@theowoytowich9959]

@@dwaynewladyka577 There may have been some Albertan that were paying the highest prices because they had signed up for the floating/variable rate. I have been paying 5.99 cents a kilowatt since I moved to Alberta in 2017. Much cheaper than a lot of places in Canada

[@dwaynewladyka577]

​@theowoytowich9959 It's not some Albertans that are paying the highest power prices in Canada. Danielle Smith even admitted this on her own phone in radio talk show, last August. She admitted to a caller that economic witholding is why Albertans pay the highest power prices in Canada, and she admitted that the UCP did that. Albertans used to pay among the lowest power prices in Canada, and even in North America. This was before Ralph Klein deregulated electricity, before TransAlta was manipulating power prices, and before the UCP allowed economic witholding to happen.

[@shawnaford5540]

@@theowoytowich9959They signed up is misnamed. They did not have a history with the companies or the ability to afford the deposit. Then got to pay for the pre-election gift that was really a deferred plan.

[@ms.twiggy]

Alternative facts is what they are spewing.

[@RealTalkRJ]

That's all politics is, it seems. -rpj

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Alberta has an infrastructure debt that is now nearly $30 billion, or even more, which was specifically caused by Ralph Klein, in the early 1990s. He didn't properly upkeep it. Naheed Nenshi isn't to blame for this.

[@cowboywayne35]

We want to hear that our healthcare system is bad? "Woohooo, cancer patients can't see an Oncologist 🎉" 🤡🤡🤦‍♂️ Come on, Ryan. Where did you find these people?

[@dwaynewladyka577]

These two guests definitely need to be fact checked.

[@kerimceachern9598]

HAHAHA... Nenshi is right. All these people know how to do is pick fights and waste money. I truly can't believe you had these "Fact checkers" on. That's like having Shannon Philips and Lou Arab fact-check Notley. Ryan knows where his bread is buttered, that is evident. Disapointing Ryan because your higher self knows better.

[@RealTalkRJ]

I think you mean the opposite. Lou Arab is Notley's husband. You think these two were friendly to Nenshi? -rpj

[@cherylsmith6848]

This is why i dont watch much anymore. So fact checkers by die-hard political UCP supporters. Not independent fact checkers. Waste of time.

[@tobiasfrost86]

You only want leftist fact checkers

[@brettmclaughlin338]

Put it in my yard, the Red Ensign is still my Canadian Flag. I am not a religious person but I don't find the 10 Commandments particularly religious, just common decency!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

This is what Danielle Smith did as premier of Alberta. Disrespected democracy, and made numerous bills, which also do just that, including Bill 8, Bill 10, Bill 11, Bill 18, Bill 20, Bill 21, and others. Put Albertans lives at risk, with the UCP's negligence, including with the daycares in Alberta. Blew billions of dollars on various voter bribery schemes, including making Albertans pay $1.2 billion for the new hockey arena for Calgary, which Danielle Smith originally opposed, when she was the Wildrose party leader, and as a radio talk show host, because she said it didn't make any economic sense, blew around $1.5 billion on the gas tax holiday vote buying scheme, and so on. Blew around $80 million on Turkish Tylenol. Is blowing $20 billion on the R-Star debacle. Blew around $100 million on the DynaLife debacle, which the UCP caused. Blew money on propaganda ads of various types. Blew $253,000 and $2 million on Preston Manning to produce a covid report that is junk. Hired many more staff for the UCP MLAs, at a great cost to Albertans, including Danielle Smith's staff of 34. Created the largest provincial cabinet in Alberta's history, with 34 cabinet ministers and associate ministers. Blew money on a pointless excursion to Dubai. Hired more Conservative crony friends of the UCP to help restructure AHS, in a circle game move, which will solve nothing. Is blowing money on carbon sequestration, which Danielle Smith originally opposed, because she said it was very costly and unproven technology. Has more coal mining companies suing the UCP for $10.8 billion, for breaking contract agreements. Is blowing money on an office in Ottawa, which will have no practical purpose. Is blowing $2 million and added costs on someone to produce another pandemic management report for Alberta. Is blowing money on a study to see how feasible a high speed rail for Alberta would be. Is planning to use the Heritage Savings Trust Fund money for bad business ideas, which would not survive on their own. The UCP has treated the vulnerable, seniors, medical professionals, teachers, students, rural property owners, the environment, and democracy in Alberta with disdain. Danielle Smith angers constituents, contradicts herself, tells so many lies, flip flops, backtracks and does many very costly debacles. It's no wonder why former Conservative politicians in Alberta don't trust Danielle Smith and the UCP. The only good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta was Peter Lougheed. There were absolutely no others at all.

[@EvolvedHumanity]

I don't recall getting NDP guests to fact check Danny.

[@EvolvedHumanity]

Alberta spends almost the same per capita on health as Ontario. However, GDP per capita in Alberta is almost double that of Ontario. The Cons investing in public healthcare spoils their privatization plans.

[@blaineholczer]

UCP- some 6000 memberships on 4 credit cards-- nuf said

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

Local access fees were part on Enmax profits. Nenshi's jewel. They had surpluses at city hall because of 8 percent annual tax increases and monies they never spent or withheld.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Incorrect. The Local Access Fee was put there, in Calgary, in 1956. Naheed Nenshi wasn't even born then.

[@LeftyLance73]

She lies more brazenly than Dani!

[@karengay6006]

I would like to have seen non partisan fact checkers not UCP mouthpieces.

[@jolenecourtney2416]

I couldn't agree more.

[@EvolvedHumanity]

50 years of Cons rule destroyed the province; but hey let's blame everything on the 4 years of NDP rule, which have ended 5 years ago! So disingenuous!

[@kellyrobertson3051]

The number 1 problem with our health care is 'TOO MANY AHS MANAGERS !!! MANANGING TO FEW EMPLOYEES / MICRO MANANGING " second problem in "GOVEREMENT HEALTH CARE IS THE GOVERMENT" doesn't matter what party forms goverment , SHOULD WE DEMAND OUR POLITICIANS / MINISTERS HAVE A HIGHER EDUCATION AND BE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITIONS THEIR IN ??

[@dwaynewladyka577]

AHS was created by the Alberta PCs. Alberta still hasn't recovered from Ralph Klein's senseless cuts to the public healthcare system. The UCP have hired more of their Conservative crony friends to help restructure AHS, in a circle game move, which will solve nothing.

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

Make it perfectly clear just what your true mandates are BEFORE you get into office. I'm so sick of expensive surprises.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

The UCP never did that, and the UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta.

[@charlenelohnes4698]

Thank you for your research.. I have no feelings gor that guy. Calling us names at a debate, that is unexceptable shame on him.another trudeau coalition I never seen much he has done. Not a fan of ndp.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Danielle Smith and the UCP are the ones causing the problems, and I've already proven that. Former Conservative politicians in Alberta know that the UCP and Danielle Smith are very bad, because they are so dishonest. The bad policies of Danielle Smith and the UCP are not helping Albertans. Getting Dani Dollars bribe money isn't an accomplishment.

[@JFB1111]

You could have gotten two non biased people for fact checkers, no? That guy just talks about electricy in Calgary, well fact check, there is more to province than jusf Calgary and we all getting screwed by conservatives Gov'ts in past deregulating and present UCP pandering to their buddies. As fof the lady, you probably could have fact checked her right off the hop with membership claims. I think claim was biggest provincial member voter turnout, not total membership numbers? I could be wrong on that, but I think that's what nemshi claim was.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

The Local Access Fee isn't just in Calgary. That has no bearing on why Albertans pay the highest power prices in Canada. As a longtime power consumer, I know why we pay the highest power prices. It's the fault of Ralph Klein, TransAlta and the UCP. Danielle Smith got less than 54% of the vote in the UCP leadership race, after 6 tries. Naheed Nenshi got around 86% of the vote in the NDP leadership race, on the first try. The UCP are on their second leader, and this happened in under 4 years. Because Danielle Smith angers constituents, contradicts herself, tells tells many lies, flip flops, backtracks, and does very costly debacles, she won't complete a full term as premier of Alberta. When Naheed Nenshi was mayor of Calgary, Danielle Smith was the Wildrose party leader. In 2012, Danielle Smith made the Wildrose party get defeated to Alison Redford and the Alberta PCs. In 2015, Danielle Smith got defeated in her own riding, in 2015.

[@agk6938]

Naheed Nenshi... "The unvaccinated do not need to eat." How has that worked out.

[@constancemackenzie6416]

Nenshi'a plan to destroy Alberta!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Who is Nenshi'a? What does that have to do with the UCP carrying on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta?

[@christinecamley]

Pathetic. Ryan’s biases showing

[@vme3000]

Giancarlo aka Samuel sterns becomes the super villain "the leader"

[@leona369]

Also are we or do you on your show ever talk about immigration that's a huge issue it is a huge issue and we need to be able to talk about it

[@shawnaford5540]

This was a “no fact checked” episode. Were they paid?

[@tobiasfrost86]

When are leftists ever fact checked

[@shawnaford5540]

@@tobiasfrost86look up economic withholding there was nothing true in what he said. I am not saying Nenshi is perfect. Yet these poor excuses for fact checkers has very few insights.

[@JFB1111]

Tobia, leftists fact checked all the time, big difference between them and right is they usually lie less.

[@shawnaford5540]

@Real Talk thanks for deleting this episode.

[@Blue42-g3c]

Nobody (on the left or right) seems to take a critical stance on the main issue - immigration and rapid population increase. And the reason we want 10 million in Alberta is for "clout"? All provinces are dealing with massive healthcare issues. When your federal government is flooding the country with low-paid, low-skilled workers, students, and temporary foreign workers, then a healthcare system funded by a robust tax base becomes unsustainable. It's not rocket science. Alberta isn't an outlier here. Friends in other provinces complain about the exact same issues: wait times, lack of family doctors, lack of quality care and attention, etc.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

The UCP aren't the federal government. It is the UCP who put in the Alberta Is Calling campaign. We still haven't recovered from Ralph Klein's senseless cuts to the public healthcare system in Alberta, and the UCP have made things worse.

[@The_Saxon_of_Riverstone]

Neshi was out in the next city election… his time was up. Do you think he will win the on the election of Alberta. Absolutely NO.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Naheed Nenshi was mayor of Calgary, when Danielle Smith was the Wildrose party leader. In 2012, Danielle Smith and the Wildrose got defeated to Alison Redford and the Alberta PCs. In 2015, Danielle Smith got defeated in her own riding. During the UCP leadership race, Danielle Smith got less than 54% of the vote, after 6 tries. Naheed Nenshi got around 86% of the vote in the NDP leadership race, on the first try. Because Danielle Smith has a proven history of angering constituents, contradicting herself, telling so many lies, flip flopping, back tracking, and doing very costly debacles, she won't complete a full term as premier of Alberta.

[@beasport505]

He didn't work hard. The unions gift him all the union funds

[@robinandelizabethhill9450]

Fact checking a politician is a good thing to do, but then you need to speak with fact checkers, not spin doctors. I'd suggest RJ try again but this time speak with objective interviewees.

[@DavidBale-vn4op]

What underpass. 300 million you say . Are you thinking of the u of c field house that the city has now deferred.

[@karenchorney7404]

If the ndp..gets in alberta..we're screwed!! Conservatives all the way!!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Alberta had only one good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta, and that was Peter Lougheed. There were absolutely no others at all. The ones who screwed Alberta were the Conservatives, who wasted and lost exponential amounts of money on the most costliest debacles repeatedly, didn't properly maintain infrastructure, and didn't upkeep essential services in Alberta, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta. The UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta, and treated the vulnerable, seniors, medical professionals, teachers, students, rural property owners, the environment and democracy in Alberta with disdain. There is nothing that is Conservative about the UCP, and former Conservative politicians in Alberta have said that.

[@leona369]

And here I thought you guys were legit you guys are talking about real issues but you're not talking about the reason why and that is immigration so please why why

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I just can't help it. There are also two other very costly debacles that the UCP did. Blew money on grants to the petrochemical industry, including giving a $408 million grant to a pipeline company, which never used the money for any meaningful purpose. The UCP also lost Alberta hundreds of millions of dollars by forsaking collecting property taxes from the oil companies in Alberta, and municipalities in Alberta must compensate for this by charging increased municipal property taxes.

[@robertrivet6085]

Ndp will not be a premier of alberta again

[@dwaynewladyka577]

A political party and a premier are two different things. Since the UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta, they aren't going to be in power, beyond 2027. Danielle Smith angers constituents, contradicts herself, tells so many lies, flip flops, backtracks, and does many very costly debacles. Danielle Smith won't complete a full term as premier of Alberta.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

A political party is not the same thing as a premier. Because the UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Peter Lougheed was no longer premier of Alberta, and the UCP have also treated the vulnerable, seniors, medical professionals, teachers, students, rural property owners, the environment and democracy in Alberta with disdain, the UCP are finished. The only good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta was Peter Lougheed.

[@christinecamley]

Ryan Jesperson being Ryan Jesperson.

[@RealTalkRJ]

Thanks for watching! -rpj

[@murielmeller943]

Our freedom is based on the Ten Commandments. Since Bible reading was banned from schools our society has been on a downward slide toward selfishness etc.

[@ericsennhauser4343]

Premier Smith is doing a good job. Don’t need Nenshi to increase taxes again and rolling over when Trudeau infringes on Alberta again and again.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Danielle Smith and the UCP aren't doing a good job, unless you count the UCP carrying on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Don Getty was premier of Alberta being a good thing. It isn't good.

[@chadtosh6831]

@@dwaynewladyka577F*ck are you on a rant today tearing up the keyboard. 🤣👍🍻

[@beasport505]

@@dwaynewladyka577 😂 Nenshi is a major WEF and completely supports federal liberals destroying our country. Stop listening to MSM

[@beasport505]

If people stopped listening to MSM ans really did a thorough job of digging into the overall global elite take over people would realize Danielle is doing a fantastic job

[@dwaynewladyka577]

​@beasport505 Peter Lougheed, who was the only good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta, created something called Hansard. It documents what is brought up in the Alberta Legislature. Whether it's in the Alberta Legislature, on her costly propaganda media outlet, on her own phone in radio talk show, or in other places, such as in interviews, Danielle Smith contradicts herself and lies. Danielle Smith angers constituents, contradicts herself, tells so many lies, flip flops, backtracks and does very costly debacles. The UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Don Getty was premier of Alberta. That's not a good thing. Former Conservative politicians in Alberta have said that they don't trust Danielle Smith and the UCP, because they are so dishonest. They are correct. Peter Lougheed also didn't trust Danielle Smith. He was correct. The UCP aren't a Conservative government at all.

[@shanereese3935]

Good show, glad you have shows with both different perspectives. Regardless of what ever side or stipe someone follows, the most important virtue IS to listen to the other side. You don’t have to agree with a different perspective…… it might validate your belief as well!! BUT you must listen with an open mind!!!!!!

[@RealTalkRJ]

We're not afraid to hear other perspectives. Thanks for watching, Shane! -rpj

[@matti8894]

BC has had year plus wait lists for basic procedures for decades. Get used to it Alberta

[@jassakulich9767]

Anybody who makes over $70,000 should be made to only use private health care service. Privatization is coming it is a matter of time.