Healthier Citizens

 "PICTURE IT" #3 HEALTHIER CITIZENS: CANADA WITH PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

Picture it— Canada 1979. There is no need for a task force on national unity nor does Pierre Trudeau, Stephen Harper, or Ed Broadbent make arguments for proportional representation. There is no need because 1921 was the last election using the undemocratic, unfair, first-past-the-post system. Canada's proportional representation system has proven to be more responsive to the diverse health needs of our population.

Like other countries using proportional representation, Canadian's life expectancy increased, and its infant mortality decreased. Because Canada could plan the use of its resources democratically, Medicare was established and then expanded to Dentalcare. When over 90% of the voters wanted Pharmacare, their elected representatives delivered. Pharmacare's bulk buying made prescriptions affordable. This reduced costly medical interventions downstream while freeing up resources for effective prevention upstream.

When corporations lobbied to privatize Canada's world-renowned Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, it was nationalized instead. [insulin, diphtheria, heparin, tetanus, typhus, blood processing, penicillin, polio, smallpox] Connaught continues its cutting-edge research, is profitable, and produces many generic drugs used by the Pharmacare program. In a pandemic, Connaught stands ready, willing, and able to produce profit free vaccines for Canadians in Canada.

Canadians trust proportional representation to allocate resources democratically, ensuring a healthier population.

If you wish this picture were true, help make it true. Support electoral reform with proportional representation.

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