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1. Court ruling locks patients into government-run health care

   More than one million patients in Canada waited almost 20 weeks (on average) for medically necessary care last year. ...

2. Huge backlog of surgeries underscores need for sweeping health-care reform in B.C.

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 2, 2020 As the pandemic continues, the COVID—and non-COVID—health implications are becoming clearer in British Columbia. The Horgan government estimates it will take up to two years to complete the 30,000 cancelled ...

3. Kenney government postpones reforms despite COVID-related surgery backlog

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, June 18, 2020 Despite encouraging evidence from other jurisdictions, the Kenney government recently postponed its plan to expand the use of private medical clinics to perform publicly-funded surgeries. The plan mirrors a ...

4. Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care

   Appeared in National Newswatch, June 17, 2020 On Wednesday, Alberta’s “Fair Deal Panel” issued its report detailing 25 policy recommendations to expand the province’s influence within the federation and enhance provincial autonomy. However, one crucial ...

5. Nova Scotia’s health-care wait times among longest in Canada

   Appeared in the Chronicle Herald, December 24, 2019 Nova Scotians are worried about health care—and rightly so, as the province’s wait times are among the longest in the country. According to a new study from the Fraser Institute, patients in Nova Scotia ...

6. More money for health care—careful what you wish for

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star, December 19, 2019 Despite their differences, it seems Canada’s premiers are united on one thing—demanding more federal health-care dollars. At last week’s meeting of the Council of the Federation, the 13 premiers “ reiterated ...

7. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2019

   Comparing the performance of different countries’ health-care systems provides an opportunity for policy makers and the general public to determine how well Canada’s health-care system is performing relative to its international peers. Overall, the data ...

8. The Price of Public Health Care Insurance, 2019

   Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their ...

9. To fix Alberta’s economy, Kenney must also fix health care

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, June 5, 2019 Last April, Alberta voters gave Jason Kenney a mandate largely centred on fixing the province’s economy. But another key part of the UCP policy platform was its commitment to review and improve the province’s ...

10. Survey reveals Canadian health-care concerns

    A recent survey by Ipsos Reid, commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association, finds that more Canadians (53 per cent) are worried about health care than the economy (45 per cent), climate change (42 per cent), immigration (32 per cent) ...