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BC should eliminate the MSP. Here are two better options.
Download 1.07 MB12 pages This short paper offers two options for replacing the MSP in BC with a fairer system. It originally appeared as a post…
Burdened by Indicators
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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: Home care in Manitoba best kept public
UNSPUN is the 2016 provincial election commentary series from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Manitoba’s Home Care program was launched in 1974 under…
Involuntary Medication
The Possible Effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the Cost and Regulation of Medicine in Canada Download 471.25 KB22 pages This study examines the possible…
Major Complications
The TPP and Canadian Health Care Download 667.69 KB 30 pages This study examines the effects of the TPP on the Canadian public health care…
Trans-Pacific Partnership hides significant health costs, according to two new studies
OTTAWA – As Canada prepares to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in New Zealand this week, two new studies from the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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