Canada is indeed undergoing a debate on how to fund and deliver health care, but what is not under debate is whether it should it be kept public. It is also worth noting that the current government slashed taxes upon taking power and is now trying to cover the deficit by reducing social services. In this way it is a classic right-wing "starve the beast" tactic, wherein you take in less money and then say "Hey we can't afford these things anymore so we have to cut them" even though you could have paid for them without the tax cuts.
Most of the things the article talks about amount to adding efficiency to the public system, something that no one would protest. Nowhere in the article does it talk about the public system collapsing and serious discussion over switching to a private system. As far as public debt goes, Canada's debt is not great, but it is certainly nowhere near most other Western nations, so the whole "public health care is a recipe for inordinate amounts of public debt" doesn't seem to be true either.
Most of the things the article talks about amount to adding efficiency to the public system, something that no one would protest. Nowhere in the article does it talk about the public system collapsing and serious discussion over switching to a private system. As far as public debt goes, Canada's debt is not great, but it is certainly nowhere near most other Western nations, so the whole "public health care is a recipe for inordinate amounts of public debt" doesn't seem to be true either.