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Evidence-based Policy – wouldn’t that be a change
The case for personal care homes Budget 2016 pledges $160 million to create 1,200 new Personal Home Care (PCH) spaces. It is to be hoped…
Burdened by Indicators
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Fast Facts: Manitoba Ranked Highest for Indigenous Child Poverty
Children need to feel and see they are important members of their communities and treated as such. A new study out Tuesday finds that Manitoba…
Did local community service centres (CLSCs) fail or did the Quebec Health Department forsake them?
In an interview that aired on Radio-Canada, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette invoked the “failure” of the “initial concept of CLSCs” to justify significant activities and resources…
Reducing Surgical Wait Times
The Case for Public Innovation and Provincial Leadership Download 1.16 MB56 pages BC’s surgical wait times are among the longest in the country. The provincial…
Infographic: Private surgeries in BC
The BC Minister of Health needs to go on record: Will the government go ahead with plans to allow private clinics to perform major surgeries…
Time to rethink BC’s surgical wait time strategy
Have you had to wait months for surgical consultation, let alone the surgery itself? If so, you’re not alone. British Columbians are waiting an unacceptable…
Increasing private surgeries won’t solve BC’s waitlist problems: study
(Vancouver) A new study lays out detailed recommendations for tackling the province’s growing surgical wait times – now among the longest in Canada – and…
BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Spring 2016, Volume 19, Number 2 Download 1.39 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to do away with MSP, by Iglika Ivanova Yes, let’s lower…
UNSPUN: Childcare and the Manitoba Election
Childcare is a surprisingly important election issue. It figured prominently in the 2015 federal election, and is playing a role in the 2016 Manitoba provincial…
UNSPUN: Communities leading the way need provincial support
The province has invested widely in community development and “place-based” approaches to renewal and poverty reduction, with many positive results. Place-based approaches such as these…
UNSPUN: Manitoba’s Pension Record
Pensions and the retirement security concerns of Canadians have been in the news in a big way in recent years. With two-thirds of Canadian workers…
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