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What happens to data centres when the AI bubble pops?
As multi-million dollar data centres proliferate, what happens if the A.I. bubble bursts?
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Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health
Medical care and social investments are not an either/or proposition.
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Three key health policy movements are aligning
Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in…
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Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin
Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.
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Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality
Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it’s directly tied to other forms of inequality.
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Canada needs to move from individual choice approach to whole-of-society approach
Half of our health and well-being is based on social determinants of health
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Healthy public policy requires working within and beyond the health care system
Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they’re about the society we live in.
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Hennessy’s Index: GDP vs. Well-being
More and more Canadians support governments prioritizing social metrics rather than just economic ones
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The social solution to Canada’s health care problem
The medical care system clearly needs government support to get it back to health
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Auto workers an unexpected ground zero for climate transition risks
Shift Storm newsletter—September 2023 edition
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Reality check: BC government can afford to make more investments in urgent social and environmental priorities
Provincial government spending as a share of GDP still hasn’t recovered after decades-old social spending cuts under the previous government despite growing need for public…
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Mesurer ce qui compte : Évaluer les progrès en vue de doter le Canada de services de garde à l’enfance à 10 $/jour
About the authorsDavid MacdonaldDavid joined the CCPA as its Senior Ottawa Economist in 2011, although he has been a long time contributor as a research…
