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Ottawa discourages health-care innovation, and patients pay the price 

• The federal government approach of discouraging and even penalizing provincial innovations that fall outside federal preferences has helped ensure the overpriced and under-performing status

Opinion | BY NADEEM ESMAIL, MACKENZIE MOIR | March 5, 2026

Ottawa discourages health-care innovation, and patients pay the price 

Opinion | BY NADEEM ESMAIL, MACKENZIE MOIR | March 5, 2026

• The federal government approach of discouraging and even penalizing provincial innovations that fall outside federal preferences has helped ensure the overpriced and under-performing status

Ottawa discourages health-care innovation, and patients pay the price 

Opinion | BY NADEEM ESMAIL, MACKENZIE MOIR | March 5, 2026

• The federal government approach of discouraging and even penalizing provincial innovations that fall outside federal preferences has helped ensure the overpriced and under-performing status

Trudeau government not being honest about true costs of national pharmacare

• The government will likely need to borrow to finance any new spending and add more debt, which will result in higher taxes in the

Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, MACKENZIE MOIR | February 28, 2024

Trudeau government not being honest about true costs of national pharmacare

Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, MACKENZIE MOIR | February 28, 2024

• The government will likely need to borrow to finance any new spending and add more debt, which will result in higher taxes in the

Trudeau government not being honest about true costs of national pharmacare

Opinion | BY JAKE FUSS, MACKENZIE MOIR | February 28, 2024

• The government will likely need to borrow to finance any new spending and add more debt, which will result in higher taxes in the

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