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NDP MP Don Davies, his party's health critic, represents Vancouver-Kingsway, B.C.

Why are the Liberals abandoning hungry children across Canada?

  • The feds have failed to create or allocate funding to a national school food program in recent budgets, despite the urgent and growing need
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 14, 2024
The benefits of a national school food program are well documented and widely acknowledged, writes Don Davies. Pexels photograph by Katerina Holmes

Why are the Liberals abandoning hungry children across Canada?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 14, 2024
  • The feds have failed to create or allocate funding to a national school food program in recent budgets, despite the urgent and growing need

Why are the Liberals abandoning hungry children across Canada?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 14, 2024
  • The feds have failed to create or allocate funding to a national school food program in recent budgets, despite the urgent and growing need
The benefits of a national school food program are well documented and widely acknowledged, writes Don Davies. Pexels photograph by Katerina Holmes

Canada needs urgent solutions to address burnout among health-care workers

  • Canada’s health workforce is being pushed to the breaking point under the accumulated weight of years of resource constraints.
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 24, 2023
Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured at the Ottawa Hospital, talking to staff. All levels of government must work together to ensure manageable workloads and safe workplaces, improve compensation and benefits, provide better support for mental health, and protect work-life balance for health-care workers, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs urgent solutions to address burnout among health-care workers

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 24, 2023
  • Canada’s health workforce is being pushed to the breaking point under the accumulated weight of years of resource constraints.

Canada needs urgent solutions to address burnout among health-care workers

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 24, 2023
  • Canada’s health workforce is being pushed to the breaking point under the accumulated weight of years of resource constraints.
Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured at the Ottawa Hospital, talking to staff. All levels of government must work together to ensure manageable workloads and safe workplaces, improve compensation and benefits, provide better support for mental health, and protect work-life balance for health-care workers, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COVID-19: lessons learned and the path forward 

  • It is said that one should never waste a good crisis. If that is received wisdom—and I believe it is—there is a treasure trove
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | July 12, 2021
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured Nov. 27, 2020, at a Hill press conference. It is time to make it clear that despite constant confusion about jurisdiction—often expressed by politicians themselves—health is in truth a shared jurisdiction, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COVID-19: lessons learned and the path forward 

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | July 12, 2021
  • It is said that one should never waste a good crisis. If that is received wisdom—and I believe it is—there is a treasure trove

COVID-19: lessons learned and the path forward 

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | July 12, 2021
  • It is said that one should never waste a good crisis. If that is received wisdom—and I believe it is—there is a treasure trove
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured Nov. 27, 2020, at a Hill press conference. It is time to make it clear that despite constant confusion about jurisdiction—often expressed by politicians themselves—health is in truth a shared jurisdiction, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Scathing audit highlights PHAC failures

  • The federal government’s failure to prepare for the gravest public health crisis in a century is something that should concern every Canadian. Recently released
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 19, 2021
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam, pictured Jan. 5, 2021, in Ottawa.The Public Health Agency of Canada was established in 2004 after the SARS outbreak exposed massive failings in our country's public health infrastructure. The agency was specifically mandated to be Canada’s lead organization for planning and coordinating a national response to infectious diseases that pose a risk to public health. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Scathing audit highlights PHAC failures

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 19, 2021
  • The federal government’s failure to prepare for the gravest public health crisis in a century is something that should concern every Canadian. Recently released

Scathing audit highlights PHAC failures

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 19, 2021
  • The federal government’s failure to prepare for the gravest public health crisis in a century is something that should concern every Canadian. Recently released
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam, pictured Jan. 5, 2021, in Ottawa.The Public Health Agency of Canada was established in 2004 after the SARS outbreak exposed massive failings in our country's public health infrastructure. The agency was specifically mandated to be Canada’s lead organization for planning and coordinating a national response to infectious diseases that pose a risk to public health. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pandemic must reorient Canada’s pharmaceutical policy away from market-based approach

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on Canada’s capacity to respond to a public health crisis. Indeed, many Canadians were shocked to
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 17, 2021
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured during a press briefing on the pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blamed the hollowing out of Canada’s bio-manufacturing sector on his Conservative predecessors, but the situation country faces has been decades in the making. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pandemic must reorient Canada’s pharmaceutical policy away from market-based approach

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 17, 2021
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on Canada’s capacity to respond to a public health crisis. Indeed, many Canadians were shocked to

Pandemic must reorient Canada’s pharmaceutical policy away from market-based approach

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 17, 2021
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on Canada’s capacity to respond to a public health crisis. Indeed, many Canadians were shocked to
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured during a press briefing on the pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blamed the hollowing out of Canada’s bio-manufacturing sector on his Conservative predecessors, but the situation country faces has been decades in the making. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal government must end COVID-19 vaccine secrecy

  • Canadians cannot fight COVID-19 in the dark. Experience has demonstrated that an effective pandemic response requires clear, transparent, and open communication from governments at
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 14, 2020
Former parliamentary budget office Kevin Page has stated that Canadians deserve to know they're not being gouged by vaccine supply deals and that their federal government is co-ordinating with international partners on purchases and distribution, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Liberal government must end COVID-19 vaccine secrecy

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 14, 2020
  • Canadians cannot fight COVID-19 in the dark. Experience has demonstrated that an effective pandemic response requires clear, transparent, and open communication from governments at

Liberal government must end COVID-19 vaccine secrecy

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | September 14, 2020
  • Canadians cannot fight COVID-19 in the dark. Experience has demonstrated that an effective pandemic response requires clear, transparent, and open communication from governments at
Former parliamentary budget office Kevin Page has stated that Canadians deserve to know they're not being gouged by vaccine supply deals and that their federal government is co-ordinating with international partners on purchases and distribution, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

COVID-19 catastrophe in Canada’s long-term care system must spur lasting change

  • One of the most upsetting casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ravaging toll it has taken on Canada’s long-term care facilities. In
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 27, 2020
Canada's Chief Medical Officer of Health Theresa Tam, pictured in the West Block in Ottawa on April 11, 2020, speaking at that day's media briefing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COVID-19 catastrophe in Canada’s long-term care system must spur lasting change

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 27, 2020
  • One of the most upsetting casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ravaging toll it has taken on Canada’s long-term care facilities. In

COVID-19 catastrophe in Canada’s long-term care system must spur lasting change

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 27, 2020
  • One of the most upsetting casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the ravaging toll it has taken on Canada’s long-term care facilities. In
Canada's Chief Medical Officer of Health Theresa Tam, pictured in the West Block in Ottawa on April 11, 2020, speaking at that day's media briefing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Let’s work together to make pharmacare a reality: NDP MP Davies

  • In this minority Parliament, Canada’s New Democrats plan to push universal pharmacare to the top of the agenda. We are calling on all parties
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on Nov. 14, 2019, in the prime minister's West Block office. Mr. Davies says Mr. Singh has written to the prime minister and other opposition leaders seeking input on the NDP's pharmacare private member's bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Let’s work together to make pharmacare a reality: NDP MP Davies

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
  • In this minority Parliament, Canada’s New Democrats plan to push universal pharmacare to the top of the agenda. We are calling on all parties

Let’s work together to make pharmacare a reality: NDP MP Davies

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
  • In this minority Parliament, Canada’s New Democrats plan to push universal pharmacare to the top of the agenda. We are calling on all parties
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on Nov. 14, 2019, in the prime minister's West Block office. Mr. Davies says Mr. Singh has written to the prime minister and other opposition leaders seeking input on the NDP's pharmacare private member's bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New breast cancer screening guidelines put women at risk

  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian women. On any given day, 72 Canadian women are diagnosed with
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 29, 2019
It’s inaccurate for Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to say that the federal government has no responsibility for the new breast cancer screening guidelines, writes NDP critic Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New breast cancer screening guidelines put women at risk

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 29, 2019
  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian women. On any given day, 72 Canadian women are diagnosed with

New breast cancer screening guidelines put women at risk

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 29, 2019
  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian women. On any given day, 72 Canadian women are diagnosed with
It’s inaccurate for Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor to say that the federal government has no responsibility for the new breast cancer screening guidelines, writes NDP critic Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Dental care in Canada: it’s time

  • When Tommy Douglas came to Ottawa as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-Coquitlam, B.C., he understood that medicare was a project that would transcend
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 4, 2019
Some 32 per cent of Canadians have no dental insurance at all, and six million Canadians avoid visiting the dentist every year due to cost. Unsurprisingly, this hurts poor and marginalized Canadians the most. Canada's most vulnerable people have the highest rates of dental decay and disease, but the worst access to this much needed service, writes NDP MP Don Davies. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Dental care in Canada: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 4, 2019
  • When Tommy Douglas came to Ottawa as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-Coquitlam, B.C., he understood that medicare was a project that would transcend

Dental care in Canada: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 4, 2019
  • When Tommy Douglas came to Ottawa as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-Coquitlam, B.C., he understood that medicare was a project that would transcend
Some 32 per cent of Canadians have no dental insurance at all, and six million Canadians avoid visiting the dentist every year due to cost. Unsurprisingly, this hurts poor and marginalized Canadians the most. Canada's most vulnerable people have the highest rates of dental decay and disease, but the worst access to this much needed service, writes NDP MP Don Davies. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Pharmacare for all: the cost of delay

  • It’s well known that Canada’s public, universal medicare coverage of physician and hospital services is a very cost-effective way of delivering care to Canadians.
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 4, 2018
Canada's federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured in a Hill scrum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pharmacare for all: the cost of delay

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 4, 2018
  • It’s well known that Canada’s public, universal medicare coverage of physician and hospital services is a very cost-effective way of delivering care to Canadians.

Pharmacare for all: the cost of delay

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 4, 2018
  • It’s well known that Canada’s public, universal medicare coverage of physician and hospital services is a very cost-effective way of delivering care to Canadians.
Canada's federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured in a Hill scrum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must hold drug companies accountable for opioid crisis

  • Canada is the world’s second-biggest consumer of pharmaceutical opioids—second only to the United States. To put that in perspective, retail pharmacies across Canada dispensed
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
Alberta announced last year it would expand its program to allow first responders to administer naloxone by injection, the antidote to an opioid overdose. NDP health critic Don Davies writes Canadian governments have easily spent more than $1-billion dealing with the opioid crisis. Government of Alberta photograph by Chris Schwarz

Canada must hold drug companies accountable for opioid crisis

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
  • Canada is the world’s second-biggest consumer of pharmaceutical opioids—second only to the United States. To put that in perspective, retail pharmacies across Canada dispensed

Canada must hold drug companies accountable for opioid crisis

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
  • Canada is the world’s second-biggest consumer of pharmaceutical opioids—second only to the United States. To put that in perspective, retail pharmacies across Canada dispensed
Alberta announced last year it would expand its program to allow first responders to administer naloxone by injection, the antidote to an opioid overdose. NDP health critic Don Davies writes Canadian governments have easily spent more than $1-billion dealing with the opioid crisis. Government of Alberta photograph by Chris Schwarz

Why are the Liberals shuttering Canada’s community-based HIV organizations?

  • In 2016, Canada brought together leaders from around the world in Montreal for the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.  This conference represented an historic opportunity
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 5, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured recently on Parliament Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why are the Liberals shuttering Canada’s community-based HIV organizations?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 5, 2018
  • In 2016, Canada brought together leaders from around the world in Montreal for the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.  This conference represented an historic opportunity

Why are the Liberals shuttering Canada’s community-based HIV organizations?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 5, 2018
  • In 2016, Canada brought together leaders from around the world in Montreal for the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.  This conference represented an historic opportunity
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured recently on Parliament Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau government should create process to pardon, expunge criminal records of Canadians with cannabis offences

  • When the Liberals promised Canadians cannabis legalization in the last election, Canadians understood legalization to mean the end of criminalization, the end of stigmatization,
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | January 22, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Liberal MP Bill Blair, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada. Bill Blair announce launched a public consultation on the proposed regulatory approach for the proposed Cannabis Act on Nov. 21, 2017. When the Liberals promised Canadians cannabis legalization in the last election, Canadians understood legalization to mean the end of criminalization, the end of stigmatization, and the end of the prohibitionist approach to cannabis, writes Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau government should create process to pardon, expunge criminal records of Canadians with cannabis offences

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | January 22, 2018
  • When the Liberals promised Canadians cannabis legalization in the last election, Canadians understood legalization to mean the end of criminalization, the end of stigmatization,

Trudeau government should create process to pardon, expunge criminal records of Canadians with cannabis offences

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | January 22, 2018
  • When the Liberals promised Canadians cannabis legalization in the last election, Canadians understood legalization to mean the end of criminalization, the end of stigmatization,
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Liberal MP Bill Blair, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada. Bill Blair announce launched a public consultation on the proposed regulatory approach for the proposed Cannabis Act on Nov. 21, 2017. When the Liberals promised Canadians cannabis legalization in the last election, Canadians understood legalization to mean the end of criminalization, the end of stigmatization, and the end of the prohibitionist approach to cannabis, writes Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pharmacare for all: we can’t afford to wait

  • Canadians are justly proud of our public health-care system. It is an accomplishment that helps define us as a nation. However, it is not perfect, and it is not
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | November 15, 2017
The office of Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette, left, this fall released a report estimating that a universal pharmacare plan would result in a net savings of $4.2-billion per year to Canadians. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pharmacare for all: we can’t afford to wait

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | November 15, 2017
  • Canadians are justly proud of our public health-care system. It is an accomplishment that helps define us as a nation. However, it is not perfect, and it is not

Pharmacare for all: we can’t afford to wait

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | November 15, 2017
  • Canadians are justly proud of our public health-care system. It is an accomplishment that helps define us as a nation. However, it is not perfect, and it is not
The office of Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette, left, this fall released a report estimating that a universal pharmacare plan would result in a net savings of $4.2-billion per year to Canadians. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opioid crisis in Canada: what are we waiting for?

  • Last month brought with it a grim reminder for those struggling on the front lines of Canada’s opioid crisis. April 14 was the one
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 8, 2017

Opioid crisis in Canada: what are we waiting for?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 8, 2017
  • Last month brought with it a grim reminder for those struggling on the front lines of Canada’s opioid crisis. April 14 was the one

Opioid crisis in Canada: what are we waiting for?

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 8, 2017
  • Last month brought with it a grim reminder for those struggling on the front lines of Canada’s opioid crisis. April 14 was the one

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

  • In Canada, if you cut your finger, you go to a doctor and get treated with stitches. When it’s done, you walk out and
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 6, 2017

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 6, 2017
  • In Canada, if you cut your finger, you go to a doctor and get treated with stitches. When it’s done, you walk out and

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 6, 2017
  • In Canada, if you cut your finger, you go to a doctor and get treated with stitches. When it’s done, you walk out and

Imagine if Canada provided world-class home care for all Canadians in need

  • As Canadians, we rightly take pride in our single-payer medicare model, which provides universal medical and hospital coverage to all residents based on need only,
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 6, 2016
As the Health Accord negotiations approach, Canadians and parliamentarians have rare opportunity envision the kind of public health care system we want, and to work to achieve it. It's time to heed Tommy Douglas' advice and act on it, writes NDP MP Don Davies. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Imagine if Canada provided world-class home care for all Canadians in need

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 6, 2016
  • As Canadians, we rightly take pride in our single-payer medicare model, which provides universal medical and hospital coverage to all residents based on need only,

Imagine if Canada provided world-class home care for all Canadians in need

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | June 6, 2016
  • As Canadians, we rightly take pride in our single-payer medicare model, which provides universal medical and hospital coverage to all residents based on need only,
As the Health Accord negotiations approach, Canadians and parliamentarians have rare opportunity envision the kind of public health care system we want, and to work to achieve it. It's time to heed Tommy Douglas' advice and act on it, writes NDP MP Don Davies. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Better food, better health

  • Virtually every Canadian has heard the common wisdom that, “we are what we eat.”  This reflects the basic notion that food and nutrition are
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 9, 2016
In recent years, New Democrats have proposed multiple strategies to improve the eating habits of Canadians, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Better food, better health

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 9, 2016
  • Virtually every Canadian has heard the common wisdom that, “we are what we eat.”  This reflects the basic notion that food and nutrition are

Better food, better health

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | May 9, 2016
  • Virtually every Canadian has heard the common wisdom that, “we are what we eat.”  This reflects the basic notion that food and nutrition are
In recent years, New Democrats have proposed multiple strategies to improve the eating habits of Canadians, writes NDP MP Don Davies. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

  • As costs rise and our population ages, stakeholders of all kinds recognize that Canada’s health-care system needs new approaches to stabilize expenditures and improve
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 7, 2016

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 7, 2016
  • As costs rise and our population ages, stakeholders of all kinds recognize that Canada’s health-care system needs new approaches to stabilize expenditures and improve

Universal pharmacare: it’s time

Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | March 7, 2016
  • As costs rise and our population ages, stakeholders of all kinds recognize that Canada’s health-care system needs new approaches to stabilize expenditures and improve
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