Reading Time: 3 minutes Individuals with both psychiatric and medical illnesses can’t get the care they need it because of the way health services are delivered
Month: November 2015
Canada has one of the highest rates of kids in care in the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes A more “family welfare” rather than “child safety” approach could help reduce child poverty and family violence
A Liberal cabinet freezeout comes to an end for Calgary
Reading Time: 3 minutes Calgary came in from the cold when newly elected Liberal MP Kent Hehr was appointed minister of Veteran Affairs
Putting federal-provincial relations back on track
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s economic and social challenges are too complex to be resolved by only one level of government
Hold the line on public school compensation in Ontario
Reading Time: 4 minutes Education spending in Ontario has increased rapidly over the years, largely driven by increases in employee compensation
Health Minister must reinstate funding for Cochrane Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Funding was terminated for Cochrane Canada, part of the key global health care resource Cochrane Collaboration, in September
Canadian transcontinental railroad 130 years old Nov 7
Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 7, 1885, the railroad’s ceremonial last spike was driven in Craigellachie, BC
Catastrophic pharmacare is a catastrophe
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why the provinces don’t need $3 billion in federal tax dollars for flawed prescription drug policies
Energy sector squanders special relationship with Albertans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Its crass betrayal will not be forgotten, or forgiven
Small business not so small after all
Reading Time: 4 minutes 98% of us work for small or medium firms