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February 2005: The Father of Medicare
Was Tommy Douglas our greatest Canadian? No one else is close The CBC’s search last fall for “the greatest Canadian” didn’t grab my attention. I…
February 2005: The $125-Million Question
Proposed flu immunization of all Canadians is not warranted This flu season so far has been quirkier than most, with more twists and turns than…
December 2004: Medicare Still on Life-Support
Health accord flawed by poor accountability and enforcement The health care accord reached last September by the federal, provincial, and territorial first ministers is a…
Putting Health First
Canadian Health Care Reform in a Globalizing World Download 63.66 KB 348 pages This collection brings together research reports prepared for the Romanow Commission by…
Follow the money, or risk squandering billions of public dollars on for-private health care–report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–If health-care activists don’t scrutinize where the recently announced over $41 billion in health-care spending is going, it…
Transparency in Drug Regulation
Mirage or Oasis? Download 205.71 KB32 pages
Just say no to industry influence on Canadian drug regulation—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–Drug regulation in Canada is carried out in a very secretive manner because of the cozy relationship between…
October 2004: Our Manufactured Health-Care Crisis
Governments cut taxes to deny themselves Medicare Funding Canadians can be excused if they thought the healthcare “crisis” was over, what with the Romanow Report…
Bad Medicine
Trade treaties, privatization and health care reform in Canada Download 584.89 KB 192 pages
Trade treaties heighten privatization threat to Medicare and health care reform: new study
Ottawa — Trade treaty rules and proliferating health care privatization are a dangerous mixture that threatens Medicare and health care reform in Canada, warns a…
Health co-operatives
New Glasgow initiative could set precedent The recent initiative to form a health co-op in Pictou County has stirred up controversy. The proponents intend to…
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