COMMENTARY: Rate caps needed on special care, memory care homes
As a researcher on the cost of long-term care in New Brunswick, I have heard many stories of the savage ...
Tag: health care
COMMENTARY: Temporary foreign workers need Medicare on arrival
The Canadian public health care system hasn’t been living up to expectations recently. Emergency rooms have closed, and surgeries have ...
COMMENTARY: On the road to health care privatization
The 2023-2024 budget for the New Brunswick Department of Health is $3.6 billion. This represents one-third of this year's provincial ...
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NB debrief: Pandemic highlights crisis in long-term care [video]
In this episode, the NB debrief explores the landscape of long-term care in New Brunswick and across the country. With ...
COMMENTARY: Against backdrop of health care crisis, two events marked by widely divergent approaches
Against the backdrop of the crisis in our public health care system, two important but completely different events took place ...
COMMENTARY: My Lord! Where is Medavie going with our health care system?
This is a grim moment. Medavie Blue Cross is absorbing our health care system piece by piece. Its CEO, Bernard ...
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‘Disrespectful’ speech shows Higgs doesn’t understand health crisis, says NB Health Coalition co-chair [video]
Premier Blaine Higgs delivered his State of the Province speech earlier this month, celebrating what he described as a booming ...
COMMENTARY: Premier’s statements on health care make no sense, says head of New Brunswick Union
Two recent articles involving health care in New Brunswick are cause for concern for our public system. The articles demonstrate ...
IN MEMORIAM: Nell Toussaint: July 14, 1969–January 9, 2023
Nell Toussaint passed away this month after suffering heart failure and falling into a coma late last year. As the ...
COMMENTARY: Blaine Higgs is holding us back
About a year ago, I wrote a piece for the NB Media Co-op in which I lamented the PC government’s ...
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