Letters to the editor, Nov. 3: ‘If Quebec believes it can achieve better outcomes simply by mandating them … why not legislate away all medical problems in the country?’

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A doctor working in the emergency services of Quebec's Rivière Rouge hospital.

Re “With their long-awaited budget, Liberals must answer the question: What do we want Canada to be about?” (Nov. 1): These quotes are taken from “Budget in Brief” (April 27, 1989) and feel as relevant today as they were more than 35 years ago when presented by then-finance minister Michael Wilson.

“This budget is about building for the future, not borrowing from it. That is why this budget deals firmly with the major obstacle to the future – the problem of our growing debt. This budget is designed to overcome that obstacle. The measures in it are tough because they match the challenge that we are facing.

“These measures pale by comparison with the price we would all pay if we fail, and the far gre