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Innovative surgical projects show how waitlists can be solved: Submission to BC ‘conversation on health’
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if the BC government takes leadership by scaling…
Canada’s public health care system holds answers to surgery wait times
(Ottawa) Surgical waitlists can be dramatically cut if governments develop a strategy to scale up innovations already underway in the public health…
May 2007: Pharmaceutical Secrecy Endangers Our Health
Drug research now done mainly to protect profits, not public health Secrecy has always been the norm in the pharmaceutical arena, but…
May 2007: Canada’s Lack of Affordable Housing
Rent supplements help, but only if landlords cooperate There are many ways in which money for affordable housing can be put to…
Education funding gap hurting students at risk—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Ontario’s at-risk students are slipping through the cracks in the $1.2 billion funding gap caused…
May 2007: In Defence of Red Tape
Regulations absolutely essential for Canadians’ health and safety Deregulation is one of neoliberalism’s five big initiatives (free trade, privatization, service cuts, and…
Federal surplus evaporating: Think-tank
Harper plan at odds with Canadian priorities CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — The Harper government is on the…
March 2007: Debunking The “Unaffordability” Myth
No excuse for any Canadian to be poor, hungry, homeless Mathematics is not my forte. I was always more interested in words…
Atlantica concept must be put on map for public discussion
I suspect that few Atlantic Canadians would argue against the potential benefits of improving trade ties with our New England neighbours. So…
February 2007: “More Time For Daddy”
Quebec leads the way with its new parental leave policy Leave related to the birth or adoption of a child includes maternity…
Canada’s Rich and Poor
Moving in Opposite Directions Download 832.62 KB 20 pages In a study for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), economist David…
No New Year’s hangover for top CEOs
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – By 12:13 pm on New Year’s Day, while many Canadians were still nursing…