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Studies warn drug prices will rise under trade deal
Friday, June 24th, 2011
June 24, 2011
The head of an agency tasked with safeguarding health care has been left in the dark by Ottawa on a multi-billion dollar trade deal that could result in soaring drug prices for consumers… Ontario potentially would be the hardest-hit province, paying $1.2 billion more annually… “Payers — consumers, businesses, unions and government insurers — would face substantially higher drug costs as exclusivity is extended on top-selling prescription drugs,” says [the] report, commissioned by the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
Posted in Health Delivery System | 1 Comment »
Fear and loathing in Ottawa [Intimidation of Gov’t. critics]
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Jan 15 2011
“It’s approaching a state in which people are paralyzed by fear,” says political scientist Henry Jacek. “I’m talking about civil servants, MPs, cabinet ministers — they all have to be careful. They’re all expected to read from the same script.”… Examples of what critics see as Harper’s “my way or the highway” control include the firings of a long list of government watchdogs who are supposedly independent of interference… Funding has been slashed for human rights, women’s and aboriginal groups that have incurred the disfavour of the government.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty
Posted in Governance Debates | 1 Comment »
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