Hi;
I have been relatively unscathed but a family member went through a lot during the pandemic --hence our first experience with care outside the country. Since then I have come to understood the difference. Many of my countrymen have not had that experience and truly believe that what you would get is the same , but in the USA, you would just have to pay a fortune for the same thing that is free in Canada. Until you have lived both sides, it's difficult to form an educated opinion. If I can generalize a bit, I feel we, north of the border, tend to minimize our issues and are more patient than our friends to the South, so will not complain about waiting and sub-standard care. I don't know when you gathered your information from Canadian contacts, but since the pandemic, services have become dramatically worse. The media have always put an optimistic spin on the merits of our system and in the process demonized yours... but in recent years they, too, have started asking more probing questions and have taken a more critical stance on the shortcomings which I mentioned in my post.
Best wishes and good health.....