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The Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn’t good health policy By Andrew Longhurst Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) September 28, 2026 The Ontario government is aggressively promoting greater for-profit involvement in health care delivery. The most pronounced shift in this policy...
Charles MacDonald worked at Queen’s Park. He still wasn’t equipped to deal with Ontario’s health care system Sept. 19, 2026 By Steve Paikin Contributing Columnist Steve Paikin is a contributing columnist at the Star and the host of “The Paikin Podcast.” Charles MacDonald’s nickname is “The Hero” and it’s not hard to see why. In January 1990, when he was 16, the car he was...
Ford must answer for poor hospital privatization track record over last five years September 15, 2026 Ontario Health Coalition New report tracks town-by-town how the Ford government’s private clinics scheme has created new inequalities, delays, higher costs and wasted local public hospitals’ resources Ontario-wide – In the Ford government’s most recent announcements alone,...
Written by Alyssa Pretty Friends of Medicare September 9, 2026 For Immediate Release EDMONTON — Prime Minister Carney, his Cabinet Ministers, and secretaries of State will all be meeting in Banff, Alberta tomorrow and Friday for their Cabinet Planning Forum. Unfortunately, protecting and strengthening public health care continues to be absent from the federal government’s agenda as...
July 30, 2026 Toronto Star By Douglas Sinclair, Contributor Doug Sinclair is a retired ED physician and health care leader, and now an MFA student at Kings College in Halifax writing a book of hope on Acute Health Care in Canada While politicians have been talking about decreasing emergency room wait times, patients across the country are continuing to wait longer and longer to see a...
By Kathy Le CTV News Published: June 25, 2026 https://waterloohealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/Report-reveals-truth-behind-Canadas-massive-emergency-wait-times.mp4 CALGARY – A new report suggests the causes of Canada’s long emergency department wait times often lie far beyond the emergency room itself, with shortages in hospital beds, long-term care and community supports...
By Spencer Van Dyk CTV News Published: June 02, 2026 With concerns about long wait times and staffing shortages, more than nine in 10 Canadians want to see widespread health-care system changes, according to a new survey by Nanos Research for the consulting firm Santis Health. According to Nanos Research, key findings from the survey include 91 per cent of respondents saying the...
A planned decrease in funding for provincial health care has advocates worried for the future of pharmacare, mental health by Meagan Gillmore May 25, 2026 Organizations across Canada are raising concerns about whether federal funding for health programs such as pharmacare, mental health and palliative care will continue. Recently, more than 60 organizations wrote federal Minister of...
