[mitchbert]

In Canada,do they have the same thing we have in Australia re private health care?ie,if you do get private health care insurance,you are exempt from paying medicare fees at tax time?

No, everyone gets dinged on their tax bill. As well, many folks, myself included, carry supplamental coverage (though an employer/employee copayment arrangement) that insures me for things the gov't system doesn't, like dental, drugs, long term disability pay assistance, etc. Our system is far from universal in fact.

[smpc]

Ok,sounds similar to what we had up to the 80's here.I guess Australia is half way between the US and Canadian systems.