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Money makes drug regulation go round at Health Canada
In one of the songs in the musical Cabaret, there’s a refrain that goes “Money makes the world go round”. That’s true in most areas,…
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New alcohol plan could cost Ontario $510 million a year
Queen’s Park is planning big changes to the way Ontarians buy alcohol. How will this affect provincial finances?
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What’s at stake in the LCBO strike?
By now, most Ontarians know that frontline workers at the LCBO are on strike, but not everyone knows why. So here’s an explanation.
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Quebec was a hotbed of COVID-19 transmission—what went wrong?
Quebec took an authoritarian approach to COVID-19 instead of dealing with the elephant in the room: it was spread in workplaces, schools, health care facilities and institutions.
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The concerning rise of corporate medicine
Public contracts with corporate clinics top $393 million over last six years, including surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing Download 993.1 KB 15 pages Private…
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What does the federal throne speech mean for public health?
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Protecting workers is key to protecting public health
Financial markets missed the memo about not panicking over COVID-19. They panicked, big time: several days of gut-wrenching drops that wiped more than 10% (or…
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Public health offers potent climate solutions
Right on cue, Western Canada is once again covered in smoke from forest fires, historic flooding is plaguing Eastern Canada, and tornado clusters are touching…
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The case for Health in All Policies
No other province in Canada is on a public spending teardown quite like Ontario, where the daily newsfeed is filled with spending cuts (Alberta may…
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Ontario public health cuts will endanger the public
The Ford government also proposes to reduce the amount of public health units from 35 down to 10 over the next two years.
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Public health beyond the anthropocene
Our health outcomes depend on seeing the connection between Canadians and the land.
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Climate adaptation is critical for health, especially if you’re poor
We need to focus on the social determinants of health to become climate change ready. That was the message we heard loud and clear from…
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