"Something I've heard about Canada..."

by: los anjalis

Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 10:00:00 AM PST

"Something I've heard about Canada (correct me if i'm wrong) is that u have a Canadian style healthcare system."

This was Stephen Colbert speaking to Member of Parliament (MP) of Vancouver South, Ujjal Dosanjh.  Hee-haw larious.  The rest of the interview can be found here (of note, the interview sounds pretty hostile but it's true to Colbert's satirical approach.

Not knowing anything about this liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, I explored his website, where he defends his interview with Colbert, as satire to reflect on.  But that's also where I found out that Dosanjh was previous the federal Minister of Health for two years.  He's a well-informed, outspoken advocate of the Canadian healthcare system, and recently was interviewed by NPR about it. He speaks from a human rights framework.  I'll share the interview below because it's interesting...