Homelessness adds to health care costs. A strong welfare state is a healthier one
Inadequate access to safe and affordable housing is an expensive health care bill, and all Canadians are paying the cost. ...
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Corporate dentistry is on the rise. Make dental care universal
We, at the Coalition for Dentalcare, call on the Liberals to follow through with the last phase of the Canadian ...
Want a new nursing home? Finance it yourself!
Under New Brunswick’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) regime for building new and replacement nursing homes, it has become increasingly difficult, almost ...
Abortion misinformation ‘has been allowed to flourish’ in New Brunswick, says prof [video]
A researcher at the University of New Brunswick says that harmful misinformation about abortion continues to circulate, even as the ...
Health care is not a priority for Conservatives
Editor's note: The following commentary is based on commitments contained in party platforms, and not remarks from media interviews. We ...
Pharmacare: Radical is the only way forward
Canada prides itself on being a nation with free health care, however it is not completely free, is it? If ...
Creeping no more: Health care privatization in full gallop in New Brunswick
Privatization of health care in New Brunswick, “creeping” insidiously in 2016, reached full “gallop” by 2022. And the pace continues ...
Grassroots advocates doing the work of Public Health in New Brunswick
In October 2022, a group of New Brunswick citizens hosted a funeral for Public Health in front of the legislature ...
New Brunswick’s notwithstanding clause use could spur Supreme Court action
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs recently mused about invoking the notwithstanding clause — Section 33 of the Charter of Rights ...
Nova Scotia migrant farmworker with cancer gets public health care
News of Canada’s decision to continue to deny health care to irregular migrants is breaking as Kerian Burnett, a migrant ...
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