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  • For-profit care of seniors proven to be inferior

    Vancouver Coastal Health recently announced it will close two publicly owned and operated residential care facilities in Sechelt. The creation of 600 new beds will…

  • Privatizing public infrastructure is enormously costly. Let’s not repeat the mistake.

    An announcement is expected next week on a plan for the long-awaited Victoria wastewater treatment plant, which has been the subject of ongoing controversy about…

  • The international trend to public energy

    The most Canadians probably know about the new mayor of London, England is that he is the city’s first Muslim mayor and that one of…

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    3 problems with the Fraser Institute’s alarmist report on health care spending

    A new report from the Fraser Institute declares: “Health care spending by British Columbia’s government is unsustainable.” But watchers of Canadian politics know to take…

  • Why American doctors are calling for Canadian-style medicare

    In a dramatic show of physician support for deep health care reform in the U.S., more than 2,200 physician leaders have signed a “Physician’s Proposal”…

  • Time to rethink BC’s surgical waitlist strategy

    By Andrew Longhurst, Marcy Cohen and Dr. Margaret McGregor Have you had to wait months for surgical consultation, let alone the surgery itself? If so,…

  • In Edinburgh, the public private partnership walls are falling. Seriously. Walls are falling.

    If 17 schools were closed in Vancouver, or Edmonton or Regina, because parts of them were at risk of falling down and injuring children, do…

  • BC throne speech rhetoric doesn’t match reality

    Yesterday’s throne speech paints a rosy picture of BC as an “island of prosperity.” It acknowledges that “all British Columbians deserve to share in the…

  • Why my dad and I will vote for health

    As a family physician, the most important way I can help (and not harm) my patients, is to vote for healthcare in this election.

  • Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn’t reduce wait times

    Current public dialogue is full of questions about what kind of innovation or “revamping” the health system needs. In this context, as a physician, I…

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