1/Among the people the Saudis are withdrawing from Canada are patients getting treatment. Apart from being cruel to its own citizens, this struck me as odd. Canada’s socialized medical system doesn’t usually accept international medical tourists.
5/Ronald Labonté is a public health sociologist at the University of Ottawa. His research shows most years, only a dozen Saudi patients come to Canada. At most, there would be “a couple hundred.” Removing them won’t leave a dent in the Canadian medical system, funded by taxpayers