There has been no other time in recent history where Canadian medical professionals have had to consider the potential reality of health care services being scarce. The world was ill-prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, and the widespread shortage of ventilators was a prime example. Doctors and nurses had to evaluate situations where they were forced to deny some patients the care they needed (therefore, they died), so others could receive care and survive. This was new territory that ran against everything these professionals were taught to do.  Medical care during the pandemic was frequently not as effective as it should have been, and the issue of unnecessary delays was a significant problem. Medical professionals have joined lawyers and financial planners in urging the public to