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Danyaal Raza

Danyaal Raza is an advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and Upstream, a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.

Canada’s health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much

  • The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford
Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA | February 11, 2026
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
During last year's election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged $1.4-billion for family medicine, but there was no money allocated in his first federal budget, writes Danyaal Raza. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much

Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA | February 11, 2026
  • The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford

Canada’s health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much

Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA | February 11, 2026
  • The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford
Mark Carney
During last year's election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged $1.4-billion for family medicine, but there was no money allocated in his first federal budget, writes Danyaal Raza. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 
Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
In his first post-election press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ‘protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare.’

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 
Mark Carney
In his first post-election press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ‘protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare.’

Why Canada needs a national housing strategy now

  • When you’re feeling unwell, whether from a minor cold or a devastating terminal illness, the feeling of home—the desire for a safe and comfortable
Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA, RITIKA GOEL | May 10, 2016
Amarjeet Sohi, the minister of Infrastructure and Communities, was tasked in his mandate letter to work "with the minister of Families, Children and Social Development to create a housing strategy to re-establish the federal government’s role in supporting affordable housing."

Why Canada needs a national housing strategy now

Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA, RITIKA GOEL | May 10, 2016
  • When you’re feeling unwell, whether from a minor cold or a devastating terminal illness, the feeling of home—the desire for a safe and comfortable

Why Canada needs a national housing strategy now

Opinion | BY DANYAAL RAZA, RITIKA GOEL | May 10, 2016
  • When you’re feeling unwell, whether from a minor cold or a devastating terminal illness, the feeling of home—the desire for a safe and comfortable
Amarjeet Sohi, the minister of Infrastructure and Communities, was tasked in his mandate letter to work "with the minister of Families, Children and Social Development to create a housing strategy to re-establish the federal government’s role in supporting affordable housing."
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