Before Netflix, we watched shows at the same time each week.
People built rituals to make sure they could flop in front of the TV on Friday at 8 pm.
We could not miss our show. There was no way to watch it later.
After the last episode of a favourite series, we felt lost. What were we going to do at 8 pm on Friday?
Last week, doctors across Canada watched the final episode in a seven-year reality show staring the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Medical Association. Most of the audience started watching in 2015, when the Liberal government attacked doctors and slashed fees. Docs had to close clinics. Others laid off staff. Everyone grumbled.
Premier Wynne’s systematic attacks genetically modified a new generation of doctors tuned in to politics. They will never hold an “essentially benign view of government.” They got hooked on a gothic mini-series and have become cult followers.
But last week the show ended: The board of arbitration ruled. Continue reading “Physicians Can Finally Move Beyond Fees”