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Fast Facts: The Winnipeg Street Health Report
In March 2010 the Winnipeg Street Health Report research team came together to set in motion a plan to study the health status, housing and…
An Apple a Day
We need real health care, not an illness-treatment system A few years ago, one of the Wizard of Oz comic strips showed a doctor standing…
Fast Facts: Bill C-393
Life-saving bill killed in the senate On March 25th when the Conservative government fell on a non-confidence motion, a number of bills died on the…
Fast Facts: Remember the Canary!
Stop the public health epidemic in our workplaces Ever look at work going on around you? The computer set-ups? The tools and equipment? How much…
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
The Future of Dental Care in Canada Download 3.22 MB 44 pages The renegotiations of the federal-provincial-territorial health accord are on the horizon, and everyone is looking for a way…
The CETA and Health Care Reservations
A briefing note for the Canadian Health Coalition Download 123.85 KB 2 pages There is a clear incompatibility between Canadian health care policies and the…
Jumping Off the Wireless Bandwagon
Canadians perilously overexposed to electromagnetic radiation After three days of hearings on the health impacts of Wi-Fi and wireless technologies, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on…
A Bitter Pill
Safety of drugs is threatened by looser approval process Suppose you wanted to gut Canada’s drug safety law and regulations. Obviously, such an unpopular initiative…
Harmonization of drug standards may put private profit before public health
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—As Health Canada begins its final consultations on proposals to “modernize” standards on prescription drugs, a study released…
Fast Facts: The social and economic conditions that produce poor health
In a recent editorial (“Aboriginal HIV Rates Disturbing”) the Winnipeg Free Press expressed concern about the rising incidence of HIV infection in, among other places,…
Fast Facts: When will they ever learn?
OECD report repeats flawed analysis The OECD’s latest report on Canada’s economy emphasizes the challenge of rising healthcare costs. It contains several propositions, but only…
Dangerous Cargo
Nuclear waste to be transported through the Great Lakes Critics on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are slamming a plan by Bruce Power, Canada’s…
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