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Trade Agreements and Tobacco Control
How WTO Agreements May Stand in the Way of Reducing Tobacco Use Download 106.27 KB
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2001, Volume 4, Number 4 Download 138.78 KB4 pages Inside this issue: Restructuring Government in BC: Are we asking the right questions? Cutting Pharmacare…
Cutting Pharmacare won’t cut health costs
Having painted itself into a fiscal corner through “dramatic” tax cuts, the BC government is now claiming it cannot afford Pharmacare (the province’s public drug…
Cutting Pharmacare would be a costly mistake, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that if the provincial government cuts Pharmacare, it will be a costly mistake for British Columbians. “The…
The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Society
Download 236.49 KB31 pages This paper is a thoughtful examination of the origins of addiction in modern free market society. It breaks from the narrow…
New CCPA study says addiction not just a drug problem, and solutions must address economic globalization
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says that the current debate…
Selling Ontario’s Health Care
The Real Story on Government Spending and Public Relations Download 472.61 KB12 pages
A National Pharmacare Plan
Combining Efficiency and Equity Download 207 KB12 pages
A new CCPA study
A National Pharmacare Plan: Combining Efficiency and Equity CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Ottawa–Canada can afford to extend Medicare to cover pharmaceuticals, and…
Reckless Abandon
Canada, the GATS and the Future of Health Care Download 66.14 KB144 pages This study shows that, contrary to repeated assurances from federal government officials,…
Ralph Klein should know what Manitobans know about for-profit health care
Ralph Klein recently announced the creation of what he calls “truth squads” to spread the gospel of health care privatization in Alberta. Unfortunately for Klein,…
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