This is more or less how I spent my Canada Day. I saw "Sicko" but it raised more questions than answers. It was really my first glimpse of the US healthcare system in any detail, but I know better than to give Michael Moore the benefit of the doubt.

I am sure it will be a popular movie in Canada, however, as it reaffirms our worst fears about what goes on in the United States. The portrayal of Canada is utopian to the point of fraud, however. Even the most rabidly anti-American Canadian will have to squirm in his seat when Moore presents wait times of 20 to 45 minutes as "average" for Canadian emergency rooms.