The Canadian medical system is going through its own trauma right now. The big question is whether the economy can continue to fund this system.

CBC did an interview of a nurse who moved from Toronto to Houston. She works fewer hours and gets about twice the Canadian pay. Much less stress. But again, she is working for a more broken system that is serving fewer people from the middle and lower classes. The USA is not an example of a good health care system.

The NDP made a pact with the minority Liberals. In exchange from propping up the minority government, the NDP asked for universal dental care and universal perscription costs. The Liberals are probably onside with this political move, but that economy thing comes up again. Can we make it happen?

Last weekend, the premiers met to lobby the federal government for more money for health care. Not a real solution, in my mind.

Unlike engineering students who have a history of graduating in years of poor engineering opportunities, medical students seldom have trouble landing work after graduation. The main reason is that the Canadian Medical Association seems to be putting a cap on university placements for medical students to enter. So there is always a shortage of doctors in Canada. Economics 101 says a shortage means higher prices. I believe this is a very deliberate piece of social engineering--and the CMA has been getting away with it for decades. Another reason why we need the TDG.

The doctors' parking lot in my small Alberta town hospital has newer vehicles, but nothing too exotic. The doctor's parking lot in Calgary hospitals is likely to be the way you described it.