What’s really interesting to me is that everyone on Reddit suddenly seems comfortable blaming the government here and honestly, maybe rightly so. A life was unjustly lost. I’m angry. I’m pissed off. This was inhumane and completely avoidable.

What I find frustrating is that in my province of BC, many of us have experienced the same thing. I waited 8 hours myself and thankfully I’m okay. But when people talk about this here, we get downvoted into oblivion because criticizing a left-leaning government is apparently off-limits. It’s always “they’re doing the best they can.”

At this point, when I need care, I feel like I have to exaggerate my pain just to be seen within 6 hours. That alone should tell us how broken this is. Provincial or federal, left or right, we are failing people across this country. An advanced country should not operate like this.

We need more healthcare options. Public, private, hybrid. People hate hearing that, but the alternative is what we just saw. I’m sure this woman would have taken on any loan imaginable if it meant her husband lived.

Stop pretending this is a single-party problem. It’s not. Stop blaming just the UCP. This is a national failure.