In Ipsos poll for Global News revealed last week that 42 per cent of Canadians would personally pay to travel to the United States for health care, if necessary. This is a 10 percentage point increase from 2023.

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland promptly scolded the 42 per cent.

“Going and paying your way out of your circumstances creates a terrible malady for our system. Because what it means is that private carriers will take the cases that are the most profitable ones, leaving the public system eviscerated,” Holland said at a media