Planning the post health-care summit to-do list
The big cheques and the hopeful political communications that will flow in the days ahead can’t be enough to satisfy us.
Canada’s mining and critical minerals goals hinge on the North
The future of Canada’s mining industry lies increasingly in remote and northern regions, but the infrastructure deficit in these parts of the country brings significant challenges.
Quebec’s anglophones living a winter of discontent
Quebec bureaucrats are preparing regulations for Bill 96, the egregious changes to the Charter of the French Language, which will soon explode on the anglophone community.
MPs push back against ‘stunning’ riding boundary, name changes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: ‘these symbols are important’
Three Nova Scotia Liberal MPs oppose significant ‘surprise’ riding border changes in their ridings, while New Brunswick Conservative MP John Williamson says the renaming of his is inaccurate and overlooks communities.
Likening medicare to communism, Ford moves ahead with plans for privatized, two-tier health care in Ontario
The crumbling of the country’s medical services during COVID has opened the way for a major push by those who favour private, for-profit health care, and Doug Ford is among the premiers leading the way.
Call it what you will, the government owes Canadians a plan to ensure the energy transition is fair
No version of the legislation’s name will make up for a plan that doesn’t speak directly to the anxieties of affected parties.
Ignoring Danielle Smith is Justin Trudeau’s best strategy as she tries to bait him into a fight leading up to Alberta election
‘The heat in the federal-provincial arena has to do with who’s coming up for re-election and who’s not,’ says pollster Nik Nanos, whose poll recorded the lowest scores on the federal-provincial relationship in 16 years.
Signs of Ontario inching towards a health-care deal may ‘break the logjam’ so other provinces follow suit, as premiers’ united front shows cracks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s recent moves on health care and Ottawa’s reaction to them show a ‘pragmatic’ relationship exists, says Liberal strategist Greg MacEachern.
Alberta is, indeed, a ‘distinct society’
The province’s reputation for individualism is more than a cliché. Facing the challenges of eking out a living ranching and farming, people had to rely on themselves.
Canada needs a national health-care data system as a first step towards modernizing care
Provincial opposition, though understandable, maintains an outdated status quo which puts lives at risk while making it difficult for administrators to understand what needs remedying.
