From the article: "Some of those initiatives, such as unemployment insurance, public health care and the Canada Pension Plan, have proven worthwhile."
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I'd question the notion that (un)employment insurance and the Canada Pension Plan are "worthwhile".

I think a better description would be "Well intentioned but poorly implemented".  EI is a tax and social spending program masquerading as an employment insurance program.  The premiums and benefits actually work in reverse of a proper insurance program (people with a higher chance of being laid get more benefits and potentially pay less in premiums) and the spending is, at best, loosely tied to employment for those laid off.

CPP, meanwhile, was a Ponzi scheme doomed to implode until it was completely reformed in the late 1990's.  Now it is simply the worst retirement investment most current employees will make.

I guess we've got public health care, albeit pretty expensive for middling results.

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