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Prescription drug prices are very likely to increase in Canada
Canada has a drug price problem, and it risks getting a lot worse in the near future. Canadian prices for patented drugs are already the…
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
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Budget fédéral alternatif 2026 : Santé
Ce que le gouvernement canadien devrait faire en matière de santé. Une véritable indépendance exige un nouveau modèle économique.
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Alternative federal budget 2026: Health care
What the Canadian government should do on health care. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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More Action Needed on Racism in Manitoba’s Health Care System
Troubling new evidence of systemic racism in Manitoba’s emergency departments (ERs) was released this summer. Overall, the new Race, Ethnicity and Indigenous Identity (REI) data…
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Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
Ontario’s hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies
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Rejecting the high costs of tax cuts and austerity to our health
Today, the election debate is dominated by competing tax cut proposals that risk eroding our collective capacity to invest in one another, thereby widening health…
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More privatization is not the answer for BC health care
Leading up to the 2024 election, the BC Conservatives are promising major health care reforms, in particular a greater role for private health care. More…
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Growing toll of COVID-19 on hospitals & population health should concern us
New data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) paint a troubling picture of the growing toll of COVID-19 on population…
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Landmark health care case spotlights problems of a profit-centred system
In April, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear a case involving the constitutionality of legal limits on private finance in health care. A…
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Our recommendations for the 2024 BC budget
The BC government is holding its annual public consultation on Budget 2024 this June, inviting British Columbians to share their priorities for government investment next…
