Canadian Health Care: A Monopoly on Lives

A Monopoly on Lives is a short student film that critiques the Canadian government's virtual monopoly on healthcare. Through our research we discovered that, although the Canada Health Act does not outright ban private practices, such practice must still operate within the tight and bureaucratic confines of national legislation. Furthermore, accepting private payments directly from patients is prohibited. Essentially, private medicine, to any degree of practicality, is still illegal in Canada.

With only the government to turn to, Canadian's find themselves trapped in a monolithic system, that is, a government monopoly on care. Thus, the focus of our film is to examine the current condition of Canada's socialized healthcare system, to report on the failings of said system, and to understand how these failings restrict our freedom.
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About the filmmakers:
We are grade 12 student at Queen Elizabeth High School, in Calgary, who are interested in politics, economics, and social sciences. We have both demonstrated our passion for current affairs through debate and speech; competing in provincial, national, and international tournaments.

Ryan & Sam

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Health
• Care
• Canada
• Universal
• Free
• Wait
• Lines
• Times
• Problems
• Private
• Tiered
• Healthcare

[KerrQuanProductions]

Thanks everyone for your support of our film – we won first place!

Although we did not win the viewers choice (the winning viewers choice had 400 some votes...) we still appreciate all of the help : )

Merry Christmas,

Sam & Ryan

[KerrQuanProductions]

Ryan and I would like to thank the Libertarian Party of Canada, including Mr. Phillips and Mr. Shaw, for helping us spread our message to Canadians who care about protecting our freedoms, and insuring the quality of our healthcare system.

[campusliberty1]

Great film and well edited!

[KerrQuanProductions]

@campusliberty1 Thanks!

[KerrQuanProductions]

Thanks everyone for the excellent feedback – the time and effort (35 hours to be exact) we put into this film was more than worth it!

We would also like to thank our family members for their cameo appearances: Erin (my sister), my Grandma, Ryan's Mom, and his uncle George were all featured in our film – thank you all!

Enjoy the holidays,

Sam

P.S. good luck to all other contestants!

[crabappled]

Your video is quite compelling and your points solid. I can't figure out how your voice remained so clear when you were outside talking in the wind!

Well done.

[KerrQuanProductions]

@crabappled Thanks! We put a lot of work into maintaining high audio quality during our video, so that our message was crystal clear ; )

[AnneFox7]

Inspector Billy Kerr of Edmonton Police services a WHORE master PIMP from New ZEALAND has his hooker wife CRISIS UNIT KAREN KERR hostage take children for the FAKED AUTISM CREW. His HOOKER costs the system millions of dollars through falsification of mental illness in children. THIS SLEAZE GANG OF NEW ZEALAND hooker promotion creates false costs using the slime bag methods of Christian Science. These scum intimidate parents terrorize children and have declared mentally ill STOP NZ HOOKER PIGS.

[camlpg]

In Canada you get sick first then the healthcare kicks in. We need a preventative system not just palliatative system.

Private healthcare may or may not work in Canada. Healthcare is a cultural right in Canada. To say that heathcare is costing our freedom sounds a little oxymoronic.

[ThereAreNoUnionThugs]

I live in London ON Canada and this is straight up propaganda.

At St. Joseph's Urgent care I got eye-saving surgery in less than 1/2 hour; My Prof worked with doctors to plan his own cancer treatmnet; My technician had a heart attack and a tissue-saving by-pass within hours all free.

The people waiting are hip surgery- because replacements fail 5-15 yrs and are hard to replace; and organ transplant.

Do you think capitalizing organs and premature surgery for profit is good for your country?

[EHisCanadian]

I have never felt my freedom restricted by the Canadian healthcare system. I can choose which doctor I want and when I want to see them. It was only when I went to a private insurance company (while living outside Canada) that my freedom was restricted. I had to call the company and have them tell me which doctor I could see and what procedures were covered. If I "overused" my coverage I would be denied later on. Good thing I never got seriously ill.

[funkyflights]

Another propaganda video supporting private insurance .... over 50 million have NO insurance in the USA.... You want to hear about some horror stories look up the monopoly private insurance companies have in the USA.... You Canadians are LUCKY!!!  This video is a joke ... But it's not funny

[lemko59]

healthcare is a gov't precious monopoly -

costing your freedom?

did you guys get that straight from the boys and girls at the Fraser Institute?

[kloud1125]

Im curious....What kind of camera did you guys use to film the video?

[daveni2]

this has to be an American add. what bureaucracy? this is all a lie!

we choose our doctors, all doctors and/or nurse practitioners make decisions about what to do! the only difference is the government foots the bill, not us.

why Americans allow themselves to be lied to when the truth is there. The us is not communist or a dictatorship, you are not isolated. Why are you allowing yourselves to be brainwashed, I don't know

[daveni2]

this is total BS and nothing but US propaganda with a Canadian accent.

I am 51 yeas old and have never had a problem with healthcare here.

My mother would have died if it wasn't for our healthcare. In the US she might have lived too but would have surely gone bankrupt, probably wanting to die anyway.

[MenwithHill]

You're the kind who would go to America and experiment broken health care, aren't you ?