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Support for parents in a post-pandemic world: Options for enhancing federal maternity and parental leave
As young families confront a weakening economy and high cost of living Canada must improve its parental leave system
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Soutien aux parents dans un monde postpandémie : Options pour améliorer le congé de maternité et le congé parental au palier fédéral
Pour aider les jeunes familles à faire face au coût élevé de la vie et le ralentissement de l’économie le Canada doit améliorer le système de congé parental
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Still struggling: Racialized workers in the post-pandemic labour market
Racialized workers in Canada faced extra challenges during the pandemic. The recovery has been equally difficult.
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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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Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again
Insulin was discovered by four Canadians, who famously sold the patent for $1 each to the University of Toronto—enabling the public manufacture of the new…
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Working toward reproductive justice in Manitoba
Imagine walking into a pharmacy and picking up birth control without a second thought about cost. For many people in Manitoba, this became a reality…
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Money makes drug regulation go round at Health Canada
In one of the songs in the musical Cabaret, there’s a refrain that goes “Money makes the world go round”. That’s true in most areas,…
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Are the kids alright? Low-income and food insecurity rising among Ontario’s children
While the recent provincial election sparked numerous debates about the future of Ontario, one issue remained notably absent: the well-being of Ontario’s children.
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How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections
We all want to be sure that when we take medications, they have been manufactured under what are commonly known as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).…
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Unpacking Quebec’s major healthcare reform
In December 2023, Quebec’s national assembly passed a law enacting a major reform of the health care system in the province. The law created Santé…
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The big threat to Manitoba healthcare is still recruitment and retention, not expenditures
Manitoba’s government was elected in October 2023 with a strong mandate to ‘fix healthcare’. Central to this commitment is resetting the relationship with Manitoba’s healthcare…
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2024 Report card on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia: Swift action is needed for child and family wellbeing
Halifax/Kjipuktuk – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) just released the 2024 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Swift…
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