Healthcare Debate
June 7, 2010
Be it resolved, I would rather get sick in the United States than Canada…
Do ballooning healthcare spending, evermore expensive prescription drugs and an increased use of private medicine foreshadow the wholesale reform of Canada’s universal, single-payer system? Or, are the divisive debates, social inequities, and sky-high expenditures associated with the U.S. experience with private medicine a validation of Canada’s universal Medicare system?
Results
Pre-debate
Post-debate
Swing: 0% (Draw)
You may also like
April 9, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: the end of Pax Americana and the Liberals are within one seat of a majority government
April 14, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority
March 25, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: at this point, what is Iran’s incentive to negotiate?
April 7, 2026
– Watch
Gene Editing Debate
February 4, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Alberta’s separatist movement gets support from Washington and Canada needs a new security agenda
February 24, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump shakes his fist at the court and will AI take everyone’s jobs?
April 28, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney’s new sovereign wealth fund is a solution in search of a problem
February 10, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump demands half ownership of the Gordie-Howe Bridge and will Carney call a spring election?
May 20, 2026
– Watch
Foreign Wars Debate
March 31, 2026
– Listen
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Trump’s mixed messages on Iran and the NDP elects a new leader
March 3, 2026