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Thu Mar 8, 2018, 08:01 PM Mar 2018

Canadian Doctors Say They're Paid Too Much, and Are Protesting to Lower Their Own Salaries.

Hundreds of Canadian doctors say they're being paid too much, and they've signed a petition asking the government to lower their salaries.

This sounds like the most Canadian thing ever, eh? It's tempting to dismiss it as just a quirky story.

But once we get past the sheer and literal foreignness of the whole thing, it's actually an incredible act of leadership.

Here's the context. Canada, unlike the United States, has a government-run health care system, and the doctors themselves say they're already pretty well paid.

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https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/5-great-leadership-rules-from-canadian-doctors-who-say-theyre-paid-too-much.html

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