Oh, Canada. You have been too nice. Too kind. Too silent. For too long. And now a noisy minority is undermining our country’s values, laws and institutions. Protestors have taken over many university campuses and they are fomenting hatred toward Jews and Israel. Few...
Susan Martinuk
Why Can’t We Just Say ‘No?’
“Defining deviancy down” is a cultural philosophy that emerged in the United States during the 1990s. It refers to society’s tendency to adjust its standards of deviancy “down,” so that behaviours which were once unacceptable become acceptable. Over time, this newly-...
Safe Supply Opioids Based More on Ideology than Evidence?
Almost three years into the experimental opiate “safer supply” program in British Columbia and no one, including those handing out the pills, seems to know if it is working or making the problem worse. There are no shortage of opinions arguing on either side of the...
Pharmacare: What Happens when Healthcare is Reduced to Politics
A national Pharmacare deal has been reached and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is proclaiming it to be a huge win for his party. But amidst the Gatorade celebrations and public self-congratulatory statements, Mr. Singh and his MPs appear to be blind to the possibility that...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
‘Harm Reduction’ is Killing B.C.’s Addicts. There’s Got to be a Better Way
Alberta is trying a different approach, one focused on helping addicts to get off drugs. The early results seem promising.
“Harm Reduction” is Killing B.C.’s Addicts – There’s a Better Way
Almost as many Canadians have been lost to drug overdoses in the last seven years as were killed in combat throughout the Second World War. Yet governments, health care professionals and addiction experts continue to quarrel over virtually every aspect of the opioid...
Hard to Find the Moral High Ground in Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers
The government of British Columbia is off on another lengthy legal boondoggle as it seeks to make opioid manufacturers pay for the ongoing epidemic of opioid overdoses. It spent an estimated $75 to $100 million dollars to sue Dr. Brian Day for operating a private...
Healthcare Choice in Canada
CCF announces launch of new free book innovative policy solutions to improve Canada’s failing healthcare system
Safe Supply Programs Creating a Surge in New Opioid Users
Federal government faces pressure to rethink its safe supply opioid policies
A Suicidal Patient Meets A Healthcare System With Little To Offer
For the past decade, activist groups have been spreading the news about the so-called ‘right to die’ and, according to the latest statistics, their efforts have been a success. The province of Quebec is now the world leader with more assisted deaths per capita (5.1%...
Review: Waiting to Die: Canada’s Health Care Crisis
So, how bad is Canadian healthcare?
Change To The Canadian Healthcare System Can Only Come Through Innovation
Last month, the Winnipeg Free Press ran a particularly sharp critique of Manitoba’s healthcare system, decrying provincial healthcare budgeting as “parsimony” and stating that monetary decisions made by the government since 2015 have created a healthcare crisis in...
The Opioid Crisis Reflects a Failure of Public Policy: It’s Time to Move On
What is the end goal for a policy that deals with drug addiction? That’s the key question that political leaders and societal stakeholders should be considering as they announce ever more alarming initiatives in an attempt to limit the number of drug-overdose deaths...