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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…
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…
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…
Funding Hospital Infrastructure
Why P3s Don’t Work, and What Will Download 1.1 MB13 pages
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…
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…
Intellectual Property Rights and the Canadian Pharmaceutial Marketplace
Where Do We Go From Here? Download 162.33 KB26 pages
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…
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic expectations about…
Drugs in the News
How Well Do Canadian Newspapers Report the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of New Prescription Drugs? Download 574.86 KB42 pages Attachments A Journalist’s Guide…
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