The under-qualified, anti-racist activist doctor will see you now: Full Comment podcast

Prioritizing medical expertise and skill in doctors is so passe. If powerful activists pushing to redesign Canada’s physician regulators get their way, tomorrow’s doctors will be focusing on promoting anti-oppression and anti-racism. Dr. Mark D’Souza has been on the forefront of the fight to prevent that. He explains to Brian Lilley how the radicals’ plan could endanger patient health by sidelining merit in medical schools in favour of equity quotas, while eliminating critical distinctions of sex in diagnosis and treatment. The good news: D’Souza, author of the new book “Lost and Found: How Meaningless Living is Destroying Us and Three Keys to Fix It,” believes most Canadian doctors oppose the changes. The bad news is that they’re cowed from speaking out. (Recorded Sept. 13, 2024.)