How to fund a health care system on life support
According to one of Canada’s foremost tax experts, Jack Mintz, the way Canada pays for medicare is unsustainable. Rather than continuing to ration...
Want to fix Canada’s crippled health system? We’ve had the plan for 20 years
With the pandemic exposing Canada’s underperforming, beleaguered health care system, a new MLI commentary by Janice MacKinnon looks back on recommendations from two...
Canadians will pay a heavy price as Ottawa cuts drug costs
A new MLI commentary warns that pending and aggressive drug price control efforts could lead to major unintended consequences in terms of access...
How to get Canada off the health-care teeter-totter: Shawn Whatley for The Hub
Medicare does not struggle for lack of ideas or funding. It struggles from funding thrown at the same tired ideas rooted in similar...
Pandemic mistrust may eventually improve health care: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post
If there is one prediction to make from the COVID-19 pandemic, health care will be a major issue for Canadians for years to...
Saskatchewan model shows private clinics have a role to play in public health care: Janice MacKinnon in the National Post
Private clinics can provide quality services at a lower cost than comparable hospital-delivered services, writes Janice MacKinnon in the National Post. Below is...
False Premise - Federal Regulation of Drug Prices as a Step to National Pharmacare: Rawson and Adams in the National Newswatch
Advocates for national pharmacare who insist on control of drug prices, not by negotiation but by federal regulation, may have built hopes on...
A Mandate for Recovery: Policy Briefs from MLI Experts
The following are a series of policy briefs and short form election-related commentaries by experts at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute as part of our...
The myth about Canadian health care that just won’t die: Shawn Whatley and Aaron Wudrick in the National Post
The real threat to Canadian health care isn’t private sector involvement. It’s politicians who confuse the issues, defend the status quo, and attempt...
Canada Simply Cannot Afford The Current Approach to Health Care: Shawn Whatley for Inside Policy
Canada simply cannot afford the health care we have promised our citizens, yet we maintain the myth of 'care when you need it...
