The Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare has presented the federal government with its plan for the creation of a universal, single-payer, public pharmacare system. A government program that covers prescription drug costs for every citizen sounds very …
Why Canadian Drugs Can’t Cure Deadly Shortages in the United States
Great White North Lacks Supply, Research to Match Southern Neighbor Crippling drug prices in the United States have brought even Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and President Donald Trump together; they both favor drug imports from Canada to ease the pain. …
Universal equal-access healthcare system? Not exactly!
There was “nothing new under the sun” last week when Canada’s premiers turned their annual discussion to healthcare. The premiers made the standard pledge to ensure “their residents have access to timely, quality services consistent with Canada’s universal healthcare systems” …
Frontier Centre for Public Policy Intern wins National Award
Together with 35 other students from across Canada, predominantly doctoral and post-doctoral students, Masha Krylova, a M.A. student from the University of Manitoba, has been selected to take part in the innovative training program, the Summer Program in Aging (SPA). …
WHO Cares About Vaccine Hesitancy
The World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy in its list of top ten global health threats in 2019. Since then, mainstream media, medical organizations, and governments have treated the vaccine-hesitant as if they were a disease themselves. Negative characterizations, censorship, …
Newfoundland Sees the Light
St. John’s sees the sunrise four-and-a half hours before Victoria. This means Newfoundlanders are the first to see the light, and British Columbians, the last. Unfortunately, some who leave the west coast to study on the Rock get an unwelcome …
Healthy Nations Need Healthy Boundaries
Are you a big-hearted person who likes to help everyone? If so, you probably suffered a phase where you offered too much of yourself—heart, time, and money. Then you realized if you gave out too much, you would just plain …