>>>I think I'd be pretty embarrassed as a Canadian liberal by what the gov't hasn't done with that amount of funds. What the heck are they doing with that money?
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>>Quality education and healthcare aren't cheap, but I think they are worth it.
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>I agree with your statement. Having agreed to that, why did BC drop eye car then?

I don't know why BC dropped eye care, but I have a good idea why LOTS of medical procedures were dropped in Ontario, including eye care (except for the elderly and those with certain medical situations like me, who has a transplant).
The Federal government used to pay for about 35% of provincial health care costs. That fell to around 12% (maybe it was 16%) when all the deficit-eradicating belt-tightening was going on. This, of course, left the provinces in a very bad state. In Ontario, where virtually every conceivable medical procedure was covered (except vanity cosmetic procedures) they "de-listed" lots of such procedures. Eye care was eliminated after the big de-listing was done, I suppose as further fine-tuning.

Still, in my opinion, beat the alternative of dropping health care altogether.

A standard visit to an optometrist (I mean a proper eye doctor) costs $75.00