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by tareqak 2517 days ago
It is not twenty weeks to see any doctor: it is twenty weeks to go from a referral from a general practitioner to receiving treatment from a specialist [0][1][2]. I’m not sure if things like consultations are counted are as treatment or not.

[0] https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/health-care-wait-times-...

[1] https://globalnews.ca/news/3251833/canada-has-some-of-the-lo...

[2] https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wa...