We think it's time to start a Rent Seekers Club.
Our first inductee has to be Heather Reisman for her fight to keep Amazon out of Canada thus ensuring that her company, Indigo Books and Music Inc. can continue to charge premium prices for books in Canada. See our previous blog.
Today's inductee; Dr. Antoinette Dumalo, President of the B.C. Association of Optometrists.
It seem Dr. Dumalo is upset with the B.C. Government's new legislation that would allow generally healthy adults to order prescription lenses over the internet without consultation with an optometrist. Opticians will now be able to use an automated machine to test vision. Last time I had my eyes tested, I paid $75 for an optometrist to use an automated machine to determine my prescription. A fee that is not covered by B.C. Medical. That exam took roughly 10 minutes. No wonder the optometrists are upset. Now the opticians will be able to use the same machine and charge me much less. Somehow that has to be bad for consumers. Or is it just another case of rent-seeking?
Read the article from the Vancouver Province.
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