It's a sector that runs alongside the public program but it's important to have that there to create a competitive restraint for the public program. And to give patients the opportunity to seek care on their own terms with their own hard earned resources when the public program's either unwilling or unable to meet their needs.

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Canadians should not be fooled into thinking that this small reduction in overall waiting is a good-news story.

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It's a very small tic. That's a day, day-and-a-half off the 18 weeks. It's really not much of a change given the big increases in spending we've seen over the last few years.

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This is occurring in spite of dramatic increases in health spending the last three or four years. The provinces are spending more and more and more on health care, and the wait times are stalling out.

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