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September 2006: A Short History of Radiation in Ontario
Uranium refinery boosted economy, not workers’ health Veterans of the Second World War were given a better chance to succeed than were the veterans of…
Community-Based Mental Health Services in BC
Changes to Income, Employment and Housing Supports Download 160.89 KB42 pages
BC needs comprehensive mental health strategy with focus on income, housing and employment supports: Professor
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – An Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University is calling on the provincial government to re-think…
Getting Better Health Care
Lessons from (and for) Canada Download 1.82 MB56 pages This study highlights key reforms governments must make to reduce health disparities and shows that reform…
From Support to Isolation
The High Cost of BC’s Declining Home Support Services Download 397.23 KB56 pages Attachments Summary: From Support to Isolation: The High Cost of BC’s Declining…
June 2006: Health Canada Delay Endangers Women
Agency to regulate Human Reproduction Act still not set up March 29, 2006 was the second anniversary of the passage into law of Canada’s Assisted…
May 2006: Mending Medicare: Analysis and Commentary on Canada’s Health Care Crisis
Special 24-page supplement Download 730.87 KB Mending Medicare appeared as a special 24-page supplement in the May 2006 issue of The CCPA Monitor, the CCPA’s…
May 2006: Feeding the Sleeping Pill Addiction
Insomniacs becoming collateral damage in sleep-meds war I recently woke up at three in the morning with the chilling words “collateral damage” ringing in my…
Mending Medicare
Analysis and Commentary on Canada’s Health Care Crisis Download 730.87 KB 24 pages Mending Medicare appeared as a special 24-page supplement in the May 2006…
April 2006: The Topic of Cancer
It’s sick to make sickness essential for making profits If we view the health care delivery system as a social system, it becomes amenable to…
Lessons from Alberta
The Medicare Advantage Alberta Premier Ralph Klein likes to call his contribution to politics the “Alberta Advantage”. Unfortunately, if he gets his way with Alberta’s…
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