Opinion: Why can't we have this life-changing surgery in Montreal?

“Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.”
— Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf
That quote eloquently illustrates the challenges that deaf, or severely hearing impaired, people often face. I know. I was born with a severe hearing loss that eventually progressed until I was profoundly deaf. Then in 2004, at the age of 56, I got a cochlear implant  and my life changed dramatically. I could hear and I used my new ability to run for