Yes, the dual bureaucracies that exist to support duality is
the problem.
I agree, the number of doctors, nurses, hospital beds, teachers and classrooms would be the same regardless of whether or not duality in fact existed, but we could certainly reduce the number of deputy ministers, ADM's and mid level management by operating the system as one.
Infrastructure however
could be rationalized to an extent. In smaller communities, why have both an anglophone and a francophone school? Why not have a single school with anglophone and francophone wings? If there are two schools in a small community which are both half filled, why not combine the classes into a single facility and close the surplus building? If you do this, you might also be able to cut bussing costs as well, with both anglophone and francophone students on the same bus!!!
There are areas of overlap in health care as well, especially in Moncton. The Dumont seems to feel that it's their divine mission to provide all services to every single francophone in the province regardless of the fact that these services already exist across the street at the Moncton Hospital. I could tell you many tales of the back rooms shenanigans of the elite at the Dumont Hospital over the last 20 years or so as they have tried (with varying success) to create an empire of their own. This enterprise of theirs has cost many millions of taxpayer dollars. Money that we couldn't (and can't) afford. The only way to stop this travesty from continuing to happen in the future is to create a special health care region in the southeast with jurisdiction over both the Dumont and Moncton hospitals. There would still be two hospitals, but only a single administration and each hospital would concentrate on their area of expertise. There wouldn't be less health care (the Moncton region would still have about 800 hospital beds), it would just be delivered in a more cost efficient less bureaucratic manner with less overlap.
NB can't afford duality. We
can afford to provide services in both languages. We just have to eliminate the silos...........
Threaded Mode