I would hardly call this panel of Nova Scotian healthcare professionals "Canada's *Leading* Healthcare Professionals". The most competent and well-versed voices work in Toronto and are members of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. It's here -- in Toronto -- that the lion's share of healthcare policy is made for the greatest population of Canadians. Quebec, BC and Alberta are close seconds. Then there's Nova Scotia and the Maritime provinces. Thus the "Nationalist" characterization of this debate is suspect. It's well known that Nova Scotia has a rather politically complacent population in respect of their use of healthcare services and are VERY ACCEPTING of outdated paternalistic models for clinical care. Just look at Dr. Jane Brooks page at Doctors Nova Scotia informing the public about their Medical Records. Then go to Ontario's CPSO site on the same topic. The citizens of Nova Scotia accept this appalling secrecy and further they submit to barriers to abortion service that other Canadian women wouldn't. Any model proposed by this group will not be AT ALL reflective of the current values shared by the majority of Canadians.
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/14/in-conversation-with-macleans-health-series/#IDComment121690695
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