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December 19, 2023

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  • Public Solutions Could be Undermined by Private Interests

    Long waits for elective surgery and privatization are the price Canadians must pay for their well-intentioned but fatally flawed public health care system, right? Wrong.…

    May 24, 2007
  • The problem is oil company gouging, not higher prices

    In the many conversations I’ve had about gasoline prices since a short report I wrote for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives was released in…

    May 22, 2007
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    Government Not Enforcing Health Laws

    The provincial government recently stated that user charges for emergency health care services provided at the new False Creek Urgent Care Centre are legal. Minister…

    May 18, 2007
  • FastFacts: Housing

    It’s Time to Set Targets Download 486.3 KB 2 pages About the authorShauna MacKinnon

    May 17, 2007
  • No magic wand to deal with health care strikes

    After the recent 15-hour strike at the IWK Hospital (the first there since 1981), the Nova Scotia government is once again considering legislation to “deal…

    May 16, 2007
  • Canadians getting gouged for gas, says study

    OTTAWA—Canadians have been paying too much for gas for nearly two years, says an analysis released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The…

    May 10, 2007
  • Gas Price Gouge

    The sequel Download 133.11 KB4 pages         About the authorHugh MackenzieEconomist Hugh Mackenzie is a Research Associate with the CCPA’s National Office.…

    May 10, 2007
  • The State of Public Services in Manitoba 2007

    Privatization: The Public Service Trojan Horse Download 2.46 MB55 pages About the authorWayne Antony

    May 9, 2007
  • FastFacts: Privatization, the Public Service Trojan Horse

    Download 2.46 MB 2 pages Attachments FastFacts: Privatization, the Public Service Trojan Horse About the authorDennis Lewycky

    May 9, 2007
  • La privatisation : le cheval de Troie des services publics

    Une des principales dynamiques de notre époque est la pression exercée sur les gouvernements pour offrir plus de services publics en utilisant moins de ressources.…

    May 9, 2007
  • Innovative surgical projects show how waitlists can be solved: Submission to BC ‘conversation on health’

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if the BC government takes leadership by scaling up innovative projects…

    May 8, 2007
  • Canada’s public health care system holds answers to surgery wait times

    (Ottawa) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if governments develop a strategy to scale up innovations already underway in the public health care system, says…

    May 8, 2007
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