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To: elmatador who wrote (32144)	4/23/2003 12:09:46 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Chinese Vice Premier - Wu Yi, "China’s Iron Lady", is said going to take over the position of the Minister of the National Health Ministry. This is unprecedented. Of course, SARS is also unprecedented. She earned a reputation as a tough but flexible negotiator while minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation through the deals she orchestrated with the United States on copyright protection, trade and investment agreements. Wu Yi's bio chinaonline.com

To: elmatador who wrote (32144)	4/23/2003 12:35:52 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<The same country. The same health minister. > Well, you got one right :) dAK

To: elmatador who wrote (32144)	4/23/2003 12:47:36 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi elmat, The same health minister>The same health minister No, you assume too much (but that would certainly simplify things). We have a federal health minister and federal health care standards. The individual provinces (each with a health portfolio) are themselves responsible for health care. (and then there are the territories, oy!) This is an ongoing problem with the federal government using the carrot and stick approach by doling out federal funds based upon the various provinces adhering to its (federal) standards.. Our provinces have a lot of power actually. The fed maintains control by taxing us federally and then meting it out (the revenue) to the provinces as it sees fit, in the interest of maintaining uniform standards across the country or so the theory goes. Many provinces are / have instituted user fees for certain things. This goes against the federal ideal of universal health care. Neither our system nor the US system really works with the ideal being somewhere in the middle (IMHO). regards Kastel EDIT if we'd of had a civil war maybe we'd have one of each minister only but.... That's why separation of provinces here is actually doable... We're a 'confederation' only.

To: elmatador who wrote (32144)	4/23/2003 4:55:38 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

elmat, Re: <<Vancouver they nailed it shut rather neatly it seems. Here in Toronto...>> Wait a moment! This is not adding up. Lets explore this a little bit. The answer is completely innocent and simple. The first case to come to Canada was a traveler returning to Toronto. Because little was known about SARS at the time, proper quarantining wasn't enforced. The first cases came to Vancouver after more was known about the coronavirus. I've relied on Canadian Broadcasting's "The National" and the Toronoto Star for my info.