Canada: Safe Haven for America's Gay Doctors

Canada’s set themselves up a nice little medical system outside those passing twin fancies of American economic thought, “supply� and “demand,� paying Ontario doctors about half what they make in the U.S.

The bizarro-world result: "Ontario is short almost 2,200 physicians, leaving almost 1.2 million patients without access to a doctor."

Who’da guessed.

And the solution?

Ontario will attempt to lure disgruntled gay and lesbian U.S. medical professionals to the province, Health Minister George Smitherman said yesterday…

[Silverman] said the province was capitalizing on Canada's image for left-leaning values - which includes gay marriage legislation.

Yep, Canada skips the market reforms, attempting instead to stir up shit and further drive a stake between gay Americans and their country over cultural issues.

The campaign’s next stage:

African-American Doctors: Consider relocating to Canada. Y’know… before all the lynching starts up again.

Canada. We don’t lynch doctors.

(Because in your heart, you know it’s just a matter of time.)

posted by Dr. Reo Symes at 02:59 PM

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