Rather Shakespearean

The most “much ado about nothing” award in the first couple of months of this year got to be Ralph Klein’s “third way.” Millions of brain cells and even more spit have been scarified in the aftermath of its publication. There are praises, accusations, recriminations, indignations galore in all forms of media, but does it warrant such attention? There are a lot of hooplas but the document itself is more vague than diplomatic statement of principles before summit meetings. To quote Lorne Gunther’s article in the Edmonton Journal on the 8th, it is full of “clichés wrapped in enthusiasms inside hollow jargon.” It provided little to none in terms of how to implement this litany of vagueness. Is that what is going to threaten our medical system? Is this going to be the beginning of the road to the hell that is the U.S. medical system? It certainly does not look like it. The thing is not even cheered in Alberta, much less anywhere else. If it were a movie, I would be the biggest flap so far this year. Well, I say so far because my own province’s PM is on his great European hospital tour. Now, that is a Gigli in the making.