Does Picard Ever Talk To Simpson?

Picard: "Despite popular mythology to this effect, health-care spending in Canada is not out of control: After adjusting for inflation and population growth, spending increased 2.5 per cent last year"

PS. That Walkom is a bright fellow - of course one always says that when one is in agreement, as I am with pretty much everything he's written recently. I would ask though, in the interests of accuracy and fairness, that when people mention NDP & Afghanistan in same sentence, they also mention NDP's sickening self-indulgent support of Cons in 2007, extending the mission beyond 2009, effectively. Every party has blood on their hands, in this folly.