Canada can’t afford to stop moving
We need to act quickly and decisively if we want a country that’s stronger, healthier, and more connected.
Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts
‘Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis and puts lives at risk,’ says PIPSC president Sean O’Reilly.
Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities
Tuberculosis rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030. NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war
A proactive and co-ordinated strategy from the government is essential to safeguard both access and affordability to medicines for the long term.
We need a ‘Carney moment’ in health care
We must strengthen the primary care foundation while building an integrated health system—and that requires provinces and territories to finally work together
The quiet revolution to improve access to youth mental health care
Integrated youth service programs are redefining what mental health care looks like in Canada for this demographic. Without a commitment to sustain them, we risk returning to the fragmented systems of the past.
Supply management works well for Canadians
The system guarantees an adequate supply of dairy, eggs, turkey, and chicken—held to national health and safety standards—to Canadians at a reasonable price.
A Liberal by the same name is not necessarily the same Liberal
There are Canadians who hoped that in voting for Mark Carney’s Liberals, some of some of Justin Trudeau’s social policies would survive. They are likely now wondering if this is the government that best represents them.
A broken promise, yet again: Why Canada needs national pharmacare now
As an emergency room doctor, I watch seniors decide between groceries and blood pressure pills; I see new immigrants ration insulin. In a country as wealthy and compassionate as Canada claims to be, this is cruel.
One year in, Canada’s nicotine pouch ban still defies public health logic
The outcome has been reduced access to cessation tools, increased burden on already overstretched pharmacies, and a growing illicit market for unregulated, and—in many cases—very high-nicotine products.
