How to achieve accountability in long-term care
It is impossible for provincial/territorial residents to hold their governments accountable for their responsibilities in LTC if the data available are biased, and the most important kinds of data are completely absent.
It’s time health-care workers learned how to work in teams
We need to reorganize the work of health-care workers to better use their expertise, reduce duplication, and enhance the co-ordination of care experienced outside of hospitals.
Harness the current momentum to shift the health workforce from a position of crisis to one of strength
The government can reframe the issue by focusing on the demand side of work instead of on the domestic supply of labour.
Iiyika’kimaat in Indigenous health: a call for change and empowerment
A physician who witnesses the realities of an often-inadequate health system for Indigenous communities urges the federal government to implement Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 18-24.
The federal government is failing Canadian health research
Canada risks losing out by inadequately investing in health researchers working to unlock new discoveries.
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 across Canada.
Stop patching holes in our health-care system and rebuild the ship
We continue to work within and build upon a framework that does not serve Canadians, and the costs of this on both individual and societal levels are immense.
ArriveCan accountability remains top question as federal spending watchdog says she found ‘disappointing failures’ everywhere she looked
Canadians will lose faith in institutions if there are no consequences, says Aaron Wudrick. But it should be bureaucrats—not ministers—who wear the procurement failings, according to former PSPC ADM Alan Williams.
Some Senators open to blocking government’s MAID legislation, while others say that’s ‘overstepping’
With a law already on the books that says an expansion of MAID will become legal on March 17, the Senate holds some leverage in the matter. If a bill does not pass both houses by that date, the sunset clause will expire.
Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes
In the last 20 years, Canada has been hit by several health crises involving variants on known human pathogens and novel viruses arising from animal-to-human transmission. Our sense is that a wider-angle approach in some form merits very serious consideration to better protect Canadians in the next health emergency.
