What this think tank data doesn’t clarify is how many of these people died because they did not get the surgery they were waiting for.

In not going to defend Canada’s health care system, it’s different for every province, but I can say anecdotally that it took me just shy of ten years to get a primary care doctor. I was on that list so long I moved four times, yet they still were able to contact me when I moved to an area that had availability.