Wait times

Re: Mother With Sick Child Says Strangers Kept Car From Being Towed, July 23. While I applaud the kindness of strangers in Barrie, Ont., helping this mother out, the sad subtext to the story was her nearly nine-hour wait for care of her sick son. We need to have a grown-up conversation about health-care delivery in this country. The fact is the status quo and ninehour waits should not be acceptable to any taxpayer.

Rob Nieuwesteeg, Calgary.