Brian Day
Brian Day
Brian Day MRCP, FRCS, FRCS,is a physician in Canada who was the 2007-2008 president of the Canadian Medical Association. Day is a founding member and 2004 president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and he is known nationally for public and legal challenges against the laws that govern the Canadian Medicare system. In 2011, the British Columbia Medical Services Commission conducted an audit of Cambie Surgeries Corporation, where Day is one of 50 shareholders, and found that the clinic,...
care able loved-ones
I don't see anything immoral, unethical or illegal for a person in a democratic society to be able to spend their own money on the health care of themself or a loved one.
government common-threads care
When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We are divided. The result is a divide and conquer scenario, in which we negotiate as adversaries, first with government and then with one another about our relative worth, while the "conqueror" observes and continues to rule.
design decision care
In the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada decision (Chaoulli-Zeliotis), the Canadian Medicare system is about to be redesigned. Physicians must not just sit at the table, but must position themselves at the head, where they can lead and direct the nature of that design.
board huge limited parts penalties quite saves tough
He just made some huge saves for us in tough parts of the game. We were shorthanded quite a bit, and he was able to keep them off the board initially. We killed the penalties pretty well on the 5-on-3s. We limited them pretty well.
citizens canada bypass
The Supreme Court of Canada has given prisoners the "right" to vote. Is it not time that non-jailed citizens were given reciprocity with a "right" that prisoners have; namely the freedom to bypass the public system when it fails to provide reasonable access?