The B.C. government has entered into an agreement with the two Green Party members of the legislature to conduct a review of primary care.

Interim Green Leader Jeremy ­Valeriote says the party expects the assessment will lead to “real action on the deep challenges in B.C.’s health-care systems.”

We have no such expectation. Rather, to quote Sir Humphrey Appleby in the British comedy series Yes Minister, we imagine something like this:

“We will give it the most serious and urgent consideration and insist on a ­thorough and rigorous examination of all the proposals allied to a detailed ­feasibility study and budget analysis before producing a consultative document for consideration by all interested bodies.”

Supposing for a moment, however, that the two parties mean business, there are some steps they could take immediately.

Physicians who face patient lawsuits have their legal costs covered by an agency........

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