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  • Waging war over wait times

    Will Canadians win? Belinda Stronach and Ralph Klein have declared open season on the concept of universal health care. Their timing is impeccable. In a matter of months the Supreme Court will entertain just such an argument, perhaps opening the door to permanent two-tier health care. The upcoming Supreme Court…

  • Still waiting for Ontario’s manufacturing employment recovery

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  • Drawing of animals in the food chain

    Good times at the top of the food chain aren’t being felt at the bottom

    COVID-19 has meant hard times for many Canadians. On the health front, more than 50,000 of us have contracted the virus. Tragically, more than 3,000 have died. On the economic front, many businesses are shut down; they don’t know how, when, or if they will reopen. With employers on lockdown, more…

  • Care and change: The messages driving Ontario’s 2018 election

    Sixty-two times. That’s how many times the Government of Ontario drew upon the word “care” in a throne speech designed to claim its stake in a pre-election period that has so far seen its share of ups and downs. The Liberals aren’t the only ones focused on improving care. With…

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    Beyond the Hospital Walls

    Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform Attachments Beyond the Hospital Walls: Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform — SUMMARY

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Lots to Consider this Labour Day

    Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Sept 1, 2022 September marks the end of summer, the return to school and Labour Day, an opportune time to step back and reflect upon the world of work, and the well-being of all workers. Labour-force issues are never static, but the past…

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    A deadly wake-up call

    In aftermath of a landslide that killed five, experts say government must act now to avoid more “preventable” deaths Second of Two Parts (read the first) As 2021 drew to a close, Premier John Horgan said many British Columbians would remember it “as the year that climate change arrived on…

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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 that declaration with generous heap of salt, since we hear cries of “out-of-control health care spending” like clockwork from certain quarters (followed by calls for…

  • Quebec Auditor General slams P3s in hospital project

    Quebec’s Auditor General has issued yet one more report slamming the use of public private partnerships (P3s).  With P3s, private corporations finance and operate public facilities and services.  The money they invest is more costly than money borrowed publicly.  It is paid back to them, along with profits for the…

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    Getting to Net-Zero in Canada: Summary

    Scale of the problem, government projections and daunting challenges The urgency of mitigating climate change through significant emission reductions is globally recognized—most recently with the call to transition away from fossil fuels at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28). Canada has long accepted…

  • Private clinics no help to Canada’s public health care system

    The election campaign has re-opened the debate about private clinics. Promoters of these clinics argue they will decrease waiting times and supplement, not undercut, the public system. Experience and evidence from across Canada and around the world, however, suggests that private clinics increase the cost of health care and waiting…

  • Beyond Recovery

    A paradox in COVID-19 pandemic recovery

    Increased precarity of women hotel workers in British Columbia

    “So, in March, during 2020, March 2020, on the 15th of March our schedule changed. And they told us that we don’t have any schedule because of the pandemic. At the time, it’s not really like it’s pandemic. It’s just a lot of events that are already booked at the…