[jollybean]

This is such an essential point, and at very least people should be suing the government over this.

That said, knowing our courts, they'll just say 'stuff it' and that's that.

[refurb]

Chaoulli v Quebec (AG) [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791, 2005 SCC 35, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada of which the Court ruled that the Quebec Health Insurance Act and the Hospital Insurance Act prohibiting private medical insurance in the face of long wait times violated the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaoulli_v_Quebec_(AG)