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1. Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2020 Report

   Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care. In order to document the queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Institute has—for over two decades—surveyed ...

2. Canadian health care performs poorly compared to other countries worldwide

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 11, 2020 As we make our peace with the “new normal” and face a second wave of COVID-19, another albeit familiar challenge looms large—call it the “old normal” of Canadian health care. According to recent reports, ...

3. Comparing Performance of Universal Health Care Countries, 2020

   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 ...

4. Massive surgery backlog latest symptom of Ontario’s health-care problem

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 15, 2020 The Ford government recently announced a plan to address Ontario’s massive surgery backlog, the largest in Canada. Estimates place the backlog, which is partly due to COVID’s impact on hospital capacity, at ...

5. McNeil government should allow private sector to help reduce surgery backlog

   Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, September 19, 2020 As uncertainty over COVID continues, no one knows when things will be “normal” again. For patients in Nova Scotia, however, a return to normalcy will mean a return to the same overburdened ...

6. B.C. should consider long-term collaboration with private clinics

   The estimated time to clear the backlog has been reduced from 24 months to 15 months. ...

7. Private clinics could help Alberta reduce health-care wait times

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, August 5, 2020 Health-care reform is a topic of endless discussion by Canadian politicians. But action on health care is much rarer. The Kenney government recently introduced Bill-30, which contains a number of significant ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. Alberta’s surgery backlog should prompt health-care reform in the province

    Despite their label, “elective” procedures are medically-necessary treatments ranging from life-saving cancer surgeries to hip replacements. In Alberta, the health-care system resumed elective surgeries on May 4, but in the absence of ...