Implementation matters: why Canada keeps leaving life-saving research on the shelf
If governments want research to improve lives, implementation must be funded, measured, and led—not assumed.
Canada must take lead in fighting health misinformation as vaccine hesitancy rises and U.S. pulls back from WHO, say sector experts
In the face of bad advice coming out of the U.S., Health Minister Marjorie Michel needs to discuss how to best promote facts with federal agencies and departments, according to Canadian Medical Association president Margot Burnell.
AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it
Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.
Canada on path to become a superaged country
To successfully address the pending demographic shift to a superaged society, we need to be nimble and bold.
Canada’s health-care crisis is fuelled by too little public spending, not too much
The federal government must substantially increase public health-care funding, financed by a fairer tax system that asks more from those who can most afford it.
More doctors won’t save us if we keep creating new patients
A sustainable health-care system must pair workforce reform with prevention, and nowhere is the prevention gap more obvious than with smoking and vaping.
A plan to strengthen health care and measure outcomes
Working together, we can examine existing Canada Health Transfers, and look at innovation in the system.
Canada must respond to U.S. policy by increasing our support for pharmaceutical innovation
Changing our own drug system to better encourage investment and innovation is not an easy task, but it’s a necessary one.
Securing sovereignty: why defending the care economy is a $100-million bargain
By adopting new standards and social prescribing, Canada can turn an overstretched health system into a strategic reserve.
Children’s health care is the foundation of a healthy Canada
Right-sizing children’s health care and advancing a National Children’s Strategy is nation-building work.
