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BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs (energeticcity.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is such a teachable "leopards ate my face" moment for all Canadians.

Be Canada

Want to save money on healthcare

Agree to sell private firm to Americans

Get worse healthcare

Independence is reduced

Americans turn on you

Same thing is happening with the CBC right now, but nobody understands what's at stake!!

Be Canada

Want to save some money by not funding CBC, private media

Almost all conservative newspapers already owned by Americans

Agree to shut CBC down/defund/whatever

Americans start absolutely hammering us with propaganda

Have not a single way to defend ourselves

Not a single source of journalistic integrity left in Canada

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Almost all ~~conservative~~ newspapers already owned by Americans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah good point. Local news too; Vancouver's local news are all US-owned private, same with radio

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

What does ~~ClearChannel~~ iHeartRadio call themselves these days?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not funding CBC has absolutely nothing to do with saving money.

It's so they can control you better. It's just lies people will swallow

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Its not that black and white. Some people certainly say that the reason they want to defund the CBC is because the directors/CEO are being paid way too much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Them having a contract with them at this late date makes zero sense. Fuck private health care, but even if you wanted a private Canadian alternative, DynaLife is literally headquartered in Edmonton.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Is LifeLabs still on a rotating strike?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Saskatchewan, too, please.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Replacing Lifelabs is easier said than done. The lab needs to be in a location where the sensitive testing machines can operate. The machines need to be imported. There's a lot of hurdles to overcome just to start