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From the pandemic response, a collaborative path to a just recovery
In 25 years of Alternative Federal Budgets, this edition of the AFB stands out: reflecting a chapter of history as it is unfolding, in real time, in the middle of a global pandemic. Future generations will look back at 2020 as a critical turning point, a year in which the…
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Budget 2023/24 Does not Make Up for Seven Years of Health Care Cuts and Privatization
Manitoba health care is at a crossroads. From emergency care to home care, the entire system is at a breaking point caused by Pallister-era decisions to close emergency rooms and privatize services. Instead of stepping up to fix these problems, Premier Stefanson has carried on the same agenda of cuts…
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Time to end information hide-and-seek games: Public deserves more prompt government disclosure of basic data
No one should be told to file a Freedom of Information request simply to learn who works for them. Government must give members of the public access to up-to-date and useful information on who is there to serve them and quit obfuscating and abusing access to information laws, Ben Parfitt…
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BC doctors need unbiased info on prescription drugs
As a family physician, I need to be sure that each medication I prescribe has good evidence behind its use for my patient’s diagnosis, concurrent medical conditions, and demographic. This isn’t as straightforward as it sounds, because good evidence isn’t always easy to find. In an often polarized culture of…
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COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people
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Time to end profit-making in seniors’ care
The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors’ care system, as nursing homes quickly became the epicenters of the outbreak. These problems are not only due to the greater vulnerability of seniors to the disease, but also to how care is organized and staffed. In…
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Why the federal throne speech must blaze a bold new path
The Speech from the Throne is only weeks away. Moments like these—pandemics, depressions, wars—are historical turning points, often marking when fundamental change toward social and economic equality become possible.Unlike the apparently failed state south of the border that seems to be trudging toward a dystopian future, the federal government has…
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BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan and The Case Against Site C
It could have been me taking time off during the short Vancouver summer, or perhaps that the news release got dropped on the Friday before the August long weekend, but I totally missed the release of BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). It is an important document for the province,…
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Commentaires sur la Loi sur l’intégrité des élections (C-23)
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UNSPUN 2019: Meth, Harm Reduction spark debate this Manitoba Election
Recent attention to issues of addiction in Manitoba has shifted from concern over opioids to methamphetamine use. Questions about government response have remained a hot topic during the run up to the provincial election. As a result harm reduction is starting to become a part of the public discourse. The…
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The public interest in a maze
Canada, patents, and the Harvard Mouse Look up “patent” in your dictionary and you’ll find “plain and evident” among its definitions. But because patents seethe with contradictions, questions surrounding them are hardly plain, and their answers hardly evident. Patents shrink one public domain (by granting exclusionary rights to inventors) while…
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A Critical Assessment of Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural Nova Scotians
Download 1.17 MB8 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on mental health and healthcare systems across Nova Scotia and the country. While demand for mental health services escalated in response to the pandemic, many in-person services were shut down (MacIvor 2021; government of Nova Scotia 2022b; Pulok et…
