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Where is it? Coalition seeks Canada Health Act interpretation letter

Where is it? Coalition seeks Canada Health Act interpretation letter

  • Canadian Health Coalition
  • Steven Staples
RFK Jr.: Is an unhinged health secretary the right prescription for an angry nation?
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RFK Jr.: Is an unhinged health secretary the right prescription for an angry nation?

  • Globe and Mail
Canada must be ready for anything with the rise of RFK Jr.

Canada must be ready for anything with the rise of RFK Jr.

  • Raywat Deonandan
Imagine there’s no cervical cancer. It’s easy, if we try.

Imagine there’s no cervical cancer. It’s easy, if we try.

  • Cameron Groome
‘No family turned away’: closing the gap in paediatric health care

‘No family turned away’: closing the gap in paediatric health care

  • Kate Horton
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients

A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients

  • Healthy Debate
As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working

As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working

  • CBC
The appointment of RFK Jr. has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas

The appointment of RFK Jr. has horrified public health experts. Here are his three most dangerous ideas

  • The Guardian
It’s time for Recovery Alberta to step up in the toxic drug crisis

It’s time for Recovery Alberta to step up in the toxic drug crisis

  • Calgary Herald
  • Patty Wilson and Kate Collzza
Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

Slow-to-pivot health care leaves Canadians feeling out of control

  • National Post
  • Jamie Sarkonak
UCP's cures are adding to ailments of Alberta health-care system

UCP's cures are adding to ailments of Alberta health-care system

  • Calgary Herald
  • paul parks & jon meddings

CMA Hub
When it comes to health, the science is clear on gas appliances

When it comes to health, the science is clear on gas appliances

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Seth Shonkoff
Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far-reaching consequences

Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far-reaching consequences

  • Sohail Gandhi
Links between the chemical industry and governments pose a threat to Canadian health

Links between the chemical industry and governments pose a threat to Canadian health

  • Healthy Debate
  • Trevor Hancock
Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

  • Policy Options
  • Dat Nguyen
More alarming statistics about 'medical assistance in dying'

More alarming statistics about 'medical assistance in dying'

  • National Post
  • Chris Selley
Should doctors educated and trained in Quebec be forced to practise in Quebec?
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Should doctors educated and trained in Quebec be forced to practise in Quebec?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
The rights of homeless Ontarians must be protected from the premier and misguided mayors

The rights of homeless Ontarians must be protected from the premier and misguided mayors

  • Toronto Star
Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond

Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond

  • STAT
  • Janika Schmitt and Jacob Swett
Move fast and fix things: Canada can’t afford pharmacare delays

Move fast and fix things: Canada can’t afford pharmacare delays

  • Healthy Debate
Quebec keeps moving the goal posts on health care

Quebec keeps moving the goal posts on health care

  • Montreal Gazette
  • Aaron Derfel
Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

  • Emma Dennison
Don't let corporate actors hijack the pharmacare committee

Don't let corporate actors hijack the pharmacare committee

  • Nikolas Barry-Shaw
We know how to save family medicine. Why aren’t we?

We know how to save family medicine. Why aren’t we?

  • Mark Linder
Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency

Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency

  • Healthy Debate
  • Alan Drummond & Raghu Venugopal
Involuntary treatment for severe addiction is better than doing nothing
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Involuntary treatment for severe addiction is better than doing nothing

  • Globe and Mail
  • Robert Tanguay and Angie Hamilton
The courts are the worst place to address complex MAiD cases
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The courts are the worst place to address complex MAiD cases

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
The status quo is not acceptable. We need transformative action to save our health-care system

The status quo is not acceptable. We need transformative action to save our health-care system

  • Healthy Debate
  • Bolu Ogunyemi
Evidence shows why TMU medical school's race-based admissions policy is doomed to failure

Evidence shows why TMU medical school's race-based admissions policy is doomed to failure

  • National Post
  • Matthew Lau
Primary care should involve a team looking after patients, not a hodgepodge of providers

Primary care should involve a team looking after patients, not a hodgepodge of providers

  • Calgary Herald
  • George Gish and Joe MacGillivray
Doug Ford is outsourcing his family doctor problem

Doug Ford is outsourcing his family doctor problem

  • Ottawa Citizen
  • Mohammed Adam
Province's $7M wasted on billboards could pay for dozens of docs and nurses

Province's $7M wasted on billboards could pay for dozens of docs and nurses

  • Calgary Herald
  • Dr. Julia Sawatzky and Hafeez Nathoo
I’m a dean at Ontario’s newest medical school. Our admissions system is facing criticism. But it’s the best way to get the doctors we need

I’m a dean at Ontario’s newest medical school. Our admissions system is facing criticism. But it’s the best way to get the doctors we need

  • Toronto Star
  • Teresa Chan
Nursing agencies are undermining the public health-care system

Nursing agencies are undermining the public health-care system

  • The Hamilton Spectator
  • Doreen Nicoll
Canadian health care is falling short for its youngest patients

Canadian health care is falling short for its youngest patients

  • Elyse Banham
Quebec proposal to reserve family doctors for vulnerable patients is a symptom of healthcare collapse

Quebec proposal to reserve family doctors for vulnerable patients is a symptom of healthcare collapse

  • Dr. Jean-Joseph Condé
Funding deal with Alberta's family physicians needed now

Funding deal with Alberta's family physicians needed now

  • Edmonton Journal
  • Andrew Swinton
Immigration headlines distract from what’s really broken in housing and health care

Immigration headlines distract from what’s really broken in housing and health care

  • Toronto Star
  • Mark McQueen
Where there’s smoke, there’s ire
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Where there’s smoke, there’s ire

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
Coughing kids, coughing parents. To keep everyone healthy, we have to update our schools

Coughing kids, coughing parents. To keep everyone healthy, we have to update our schools

  • Toronto Star
  • Sara Ehrhardt
Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

Patients are being denied necessary care. It needs to change.

  • Emma Dennison

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