A big mistake

In your editorial you implied that the CMA members supported the
fireing of the
CMAJ editor because "there is no sign of a concerted outcry from...its
members."
This is not true. I am a CMA member and I have signed a petition
requesting the
editor be reinstated. If the opportunity to support sanctions against CMA

management arises I will be among the first in line.

I did not know that the 'final straw' that led to fireing was the
publication of a an
article critical of the new health minister. I assume this is correct
because it
appeared in the BMJ. As our new health minister bumbled through his
tenure as
Ontario's health minister and I assume will continue to make dumb
decisions,
we should be critical of him. On the other hand, I would have hoped that
the
editor also approved articles that support privatization in health care.
If an
editor is to be impartial he or she must support the publication of all
points of
view.

Jo Hauser

Competing interests:
None declared