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  • Closeup of stressed teenage girl talking to mental health therapist in session

    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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • New BC generic drug plan could save millions – but maybe not for everybody

    Very, very quietly, the BC provincial government is negotiating new arrangements for the purchase of generic drugs that could save the province hundreds of millions of dollars.  Done right, all BC taxpayers will win as more money becomes available for other health services.  Done wrong, much of the savings for…

  • Ontario budget is balanced, but province still in a fiscal straightjacket

    With the 2017-18 Ontario budget officially tabled, the terms of the June 2018 provincial election have now been set — and it’s both a good and bad news story. The good news is that Ontario will go into the election with a balanced budget, which opens the door to a…

  • December 2007: No Excuse For Denying Drug Coverage

    It’s time to end Canadians’ long wait for Pharmacare Canadians have been waiting for Pharmacare since the early 1960s when it was proposed by the Royal Commission on Health Care. However, despite repeated promises in the ensuing decades from the National Forum on Health and even the Liberal party itself…

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    Corporate Mapping Project

    Un nouveau rapport met en lumière l’état de l’industrie des combustibles fossiles dans l’Est du Canada – une région négligée dans les débats sur les politiques énergétiques

    CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT [HALIFAX/ Kjipuktuk, 6 juin 2023]:  Bien que l’Est du Canada soit fortement investi dans la production pétrolière et gazière, cette région est souvent omise des discussions sur la politique énergétique, qui s’axe surtout sur les provinces de l’Ouest. Un nouveau rapport fait l’état des lieux…

  • package of birth control pills on a table
    Beyond Recovery

    Free contraception is a win for all Canadians

    Universal access to birth control is popular, smart policy, and a building block for universal pharmacare in Canada

    “Right now, Canada is the only country with universal health care that does not offer coverage for prescription drugs, including contraceptives.

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    Fracking, earthquakes and hydro dams? Don’t worry. We have an understanding.

    This is the second of two posts. Read the first here. Efforts by BC Hydro to ban potentially destructive natural gas company fracking operations in the vicinity of its biggest dams fall well short of what an Alberta hydro provider has achieved, raising questions about why British Columbia isn’t doing…

  • Cutting Pharmacare would be a costly mistake, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

    (Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that if the provincial government cuts Pharmacare, it will be a costly mistake for British Columbians. “The ideas being floated by the BC Liberals aren’t about cutting costs, they are merely about shifting costs,” says Colleen Fuller, a health care researcher and…

  • Out of the Closet on Site C

    For years, successive BC governments have forbidden any new large-scale hydro dams. When I was on the BC Hydro Board of Directors in the mid-1990s, the Board passed a motion that all government land-holdings associated with Site C should be sold. The BC Hydro Board was against building Site C,…

  • Priorities and funding for health care in BC

    This post is part of our BC Budget 2019 series, which highlights key findings from the CCPA’s research and outlines our recommendations for the 2019 provincial budget. Find more from the series at: policynote.ca/budget2019 In any provincial budget, health care is one of the biggest line items and, of course,…