Dr. Alika Lafontaine) is the Canadian Medical Association’s new president, and an anesthesiologist. He takes on the job at a time when emergency rooms are buckling across the country). Nurse shortages) are persisting. Backlogs) are still jamming up hospitals. And the pandemic hasn’t relented).
So now politicians are scrambling to figure out ways to quickly fortify health care systems that have been cut back for years. Privatizing parts of the system is a part of the conversation in some areas, like in Ontario). But Dr. Lafontaine) is skeptical that this is the answer.
