Should the Federal Government Get Involved in Pharmacare?
Canadians don’t tend to think much about the federal Department of Health and its role in Canadian health care. How did the Department...
Let's aim for local over centralized, on health care and more: Sean Speer in the Toronto Sun
The idea that the future will demand greater centralization when technology is enabling unprecedented levels of individual freedom and choice seems patently false,...
National pharmacare a departure from past legal and policy thinking: Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The federal government’s possible foray into pharmacare would represent an unprecedented expansion of Ottawa’s role in Canadian health care, writes Sean Speer. By...
The Past, Present, and Future of Ottawa’s Role in Health Care: New MLI Report
OTTAWA, ON (August 16, 2018): Although most Canadians tend to think of health care as being a responsibility of the provinces and territories,...
The Future of Canadian Health: Speer on CJME/CKOM
With the release of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's latest report, Running out of Time: Demographic Pressures and the Future of Canadian Health Care, Munk...
We need to talk more about funding seniors' health care: Speer in Toronto Sun
The 2016 Census showed that seniors outnumbered children for the first time in Canada’s history. This trend is only going to continue and...
Health care budgets: Speer on NewsTalk 770
Munk Senior Fellow Sean Speer appeared on Calgary's NewsTalk 770 with Danielle Smith to discuss MLI's newest report, Running out of Time: Demographic...
New MLI study finds Canada's aging demographics will place major pressure on health care system
OTTAWA, ON (Dec. 14, 2017): With an inexorable demographic crunch coming for provincial and territorial budgets, those gathered at this week’s finance ministers'...
Dismal performance in health care report should be motivation for reform, Speer tells CTV
Canada’s poor performance in the Commonwealth Fund’s recent report that ranks different countries’ health care systems should have us seriously considering big changes,...
Defenders of health care status quo hurt Canadian patients: Brian Lee Crowley in the Financial Post
Brian Lee Crowley says Canada's dismal performance in the prestigious Commonwealth Fund health care rankings are the latest reason why we need to reform...
