The key to successful healthcare systems is the degree of choice they afford for well-informed patients, and how much information they provide.
Year: 2005
Johan Hjertqvist, President, Health Consumer Powerhouse, Brussels
The new EuroHealth Index is beginning the next wave in public services, where consumers are empowered with information that assists them in navigating the bureaucratic byways of service provision.
Big Ideas Should Shape the Campaign
Nobody wants a winter election, but as long as we have one, let’s make it count, with the consideration of fundamental policy reforms.
Why the Maples Clinic is Good for Medicare
Manitoba’s Minister of Health is threatening sanctions against a Winnipeg Clinic willing to sell MRI scans. He should encourage private providers instead of trying to shut them down.
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Our Health Ministers Need to Take a Lesson from Hockey Coaches
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial Board; currently, I am the longest-serving member (more than 20 years). I have been a...
Zinchuk: Oilpatch Only Spending Half What It Spent in 2014
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian...
Raise Our Expectations and Wages will Follow
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Angus McBeath, Superintendent, Edmonton Public School Board
A dedicated teacher and ground-breaking school administrator discusses his success in Edmonton, and the elements of high-performing schools.
Edmonton’s High-Performance Public Schools
A tale of two school boards with opposite approaches to diversity and administration.
A Tale of Two School Boards
Nominally similar, the two largest school divisions in Edmonton and Winnipeg follow quite different directions in administration, programming and accountability.
The Most Influential Person You Never Heard Of
Arthur Seldon died on October 11 at the age of 89. Few outside policy wonk circles will have heard of him. He may thus merit the title of the most influential person most people have never heard of.
If You Could Save $225 Million – Powerpoint
The powerpoint slides from Geoffrey Segal's speech to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy on October 27th, 2005. Best viewed alongside the speech video (see links below). Pdf file
Overblown Wind
Wind power’s inadequacies are hidden by a veil of government subsidy and inadequate data on performance and cost
None of the Above
Nick Ternette comments on mandatory voting proposal in Canada.
Alberta Senate Nominees Bert Brown, Betty Unger and Link Byfield
Alberta is electing its Senators, but Ottawa refuses to appoint them. Three nominees discuss the issue.