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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…
Relationship rescue
How to fix Canada’s health care woes If there is anything the First Ministers and the new Prime Minister Paul Martin need before they meet…
BC Government should not cave in to private clinics
It hasn’t been often that we at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have found occasion to applaud the BC government for one of its…
December 2003: Dark Clouds Over Medicare
Storm raging over health care in U.S. may spill over into Canada Even as Canadians struggle to maintain universal health care through our uniquely Canadian…
Promises, tax cuts and difficult choices
According to a report the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released last week Nova Scotia is performing very poorly on the issue of reducing child…
Funding Hospital Infrastructure
Why P3s Don’t Work, and What Will Download 1.1 MB13 pages
Promises to Keep
The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 1989-2001 Download 132.36 KB
The Commodity of Care
Home Care Reform in Ontario Home care is one of the fastest growing areas in health care today. A matter of expediency for policymakers and…
Investing in Quality Child Care
Behind the Issues: Ontario 2003 Download 39.98 KB
Canada’s newspapers get failing grade for coverage of new prescription drugs
It’s hard to miss the explosion of media stories regarding miraculous new pharmaceuticals. But given that medicine can both help and harm, how reliable is…
Extended patent protection
Who benefits? CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–The issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for pharmaceuticals has returned to the agenda partly as…
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