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New legislative changes are formalizing Alberta’s private-pay testing scheme that allows the wealthy to jump the line By Andrew Longhurst Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives July 27, 2026 As premiers and the prime minister gathered in Charlottetown from July 21-23 to discuss public health care at the Council of the Federation, the Alberta government was quietly working...
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...
Researchers say prevailing theme of survey is ‘broken’ health-care system pushing physicians to the brink Lauren Pelley CBC News Posted: Jul 27, 2026 Dr. Kaitlin Stockton has watched far too many patients suffer in overflowing emergency departments. The Vancouver-based physician has given patients she just met a cancer diagnosis, with little privacy in the middle of...
May 19, 2026 The Toronto Star By Naomi Lightman and Beth Wilson, Contributors Beth Wilson is a Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst at Social Planning Toronto. Naomi Lightman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University In 2010, the Government of Ontario declared May 19 to be Personal Support Worker Day. This was an effort to recognize the essential care PSWs...
By Ashley Newport, Lead Editor at INsauga.com Published January 20, 2026 at 4:22 pm While health care can be–and is–delivered privately, publicly or through a two-tier system that utilizes both models, a recent poll of INsauga.com’s readers suggests that, despite challenges with Canada’s universal health care system, people aren’t ready to embrace private options. According to an informal...