The provinces say they need more federal money for health. The federal government says it wants to be assured of improved outcomes first. In my view, adding money, even with various provinces and metrics, is not going to be sufficient. …
Setting the Record Straight on Ivermectin
The COVID-19 pandemic brought us a panoply of lies and evidence-light declarations that were less intended to inform Americans than to consolidate power and buy time. Among these were Anthony Fauci’s famous shift from arguing against wearing masks, to recommending …
Private Facilities will Bring Much Needed Competition to Canadian Health Care
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to use private health centres to alleviate long wait lists has run into opposition from many quarters. It may seem counterintuitive, but Mr. Ford’s plan will actually alleviate the shortages of doctors and nurses. It …
Is Canada a Socialist Country?
Proponents of evermore expensive government social programs often point to other nations, usually in Scandinavia, as places Canada should emulate. These advocates call those nations, erroneously, Socialist or Social Democratic. However, they are not. It is important to recognize the …
It’s Not Only in China That Ideology Trumped Health-Care Common Sense
When COVID-19 first appeared in Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) strategists seized upon a radical plan to prevent the spread of the virus. Instead of adopting a pandemic plan to protect the oldest and weakest, while keeping daily life …
Exposing Canada’s Health Care Crisis
SecondStreet.org’s Colin Craig speaks with Susan Martinuk from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy about her new book and research (23 minutes)
Do You Still Believe That Canadians Have Rights and Freedoms?
Canadians learned during the last years that they are completely and totally at the mercy of government officials and bureaucrats, no matter how ignorant or authoritarian they might be. These government figures demanded obedience of Canadians, or else. The “or …
British Columbia – Canadian Provincial Healthcare Expenditure Analyses – How Bad Is It, Really?
Healthcare Expenditure BC healthcare expenditures have outpaced the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) The expenditures are 65% higher than in 2011 The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak caused the sharpest year-over-year increase in 10 years: 16.2% Expenditures more than doubled in 2018, …
Manitoba – Canadian Provincial Healthcare Expenditure Analyses – How Bad Is It, Really?
Healthcare Expenditure Over the last ten years, Manitoba healthcare spending has increased three times the growth rate of the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI), by 37.9% between 2011 and 2021 From 2011 to 2017, an increase of 27.9% was …