Surgery Shutdown in Ontario

Well, darn! According to the Toronto Star, the utopian socialized health care system in Canada has hit yet another snag. On February 11, the operating rooms in about two dozen hospitals throughout Ontario will shut down due to a strike by angry anesthesiologists. The primary grievance appears to be a plan for reducing patient waiting times by requiring the doctors to work more hours for less pay.

So, in a nutshell, the government's plan for reducing waiting times will result in the cancellation of all elective surgery. Consequently, the plan worked. If nobody is scheduled for surgery, nobody will be waiting. Seldom do people wait in line to go nowhere.