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Cambie s’en va en cour
L’assaut juridique contre le système universel de soins de santé Download 779.35 KB 42 pages Dès Novembre 2015, la Cour suprême de Colombie-Britannique entendra une…
Cambie Corp. Goes to Court
The Legal Assault on Universal Health Care Download 712.52 KB 40 pages This report examines recent attempts by private sector advocates to challenge the right…
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain
The Privatization of Hospital Laundry Services in Saskatchewan Download 603.24 KB24 pages The government’s plan to privatize hospital laundry services will have a negative impact…
CCPA-BC submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health
How can we create a cost-effective system of primary and community care built around interdisciplinary teams? Download 768.64 KB 27 pages The BC Office of…
Affordable Access to Medicines
A Prescription for Canada Download 181.94 KB8 pages This report reviews research detailing the financial and social impacts of national pharmacare implementation abroad, and shifts…
Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech
An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and…
Time to move beyond the debate on assisted suicide
The long smouldering debate on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) flared up early this summer when on June 5 the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 52, An…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring 2014, Volume 17, Number 2 Download 1.62 MB8 pages Inside this issue: BC Jobs Plan reality check: The first two years by Iglika Ivanova Legal…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2014, Volume 17, Number 1 Download 899.02 KB8 pages Inside this issue: The Ombudsperson’s Report on Seniors Care: A Brief Analysis of the Government’s…
Canada and Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
Intellectual Property Rights First Download 534.1 KB 24 pages Canadian reports have recommended that health as a human right must be Canada’s overarching global commitment…
Upstream thinking, healthy society and reviving Canadian democracy
Social factors play a significant role in determining whether we will be healthy or ill. Our health care is but one element of what makes…
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