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Throwing money at Big Pharma won’t guarantee vaccine supply
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Now we’re poised to give Sanofi hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the hope of ensuring a future vaccine supply… If we really want a biotech company we can rely on and that doesn’t hold a gun to our head, we should spend our money creating an enterprise that we actually own and control – a little secret learned by Cuba and, decades earlier, by the brilliant Canadians who created Connaught.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, privatization
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Canadians should be able to access dental care with a health card instead of a credit card
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Dental care is not luxury. Oral health is a critical part of overall health. Dentists and emergency physicians see the consequences of poor oral health on a daily basis… Providing dental care improves diabetic control, reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia in long-term care homes, improves completion of treatment for substance use disorder and increases drug abstinence. It has even been shown to increase employability
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Nurses are not just the front line — we are the only line
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Nurses and other health care workers are facing unprecedented levels of mental health challenges and exhaustion… While the government has been addressing this as an access issue by recently promoting the new college-based Ontario nursing programs, the nursing shortage is due to issues of job satisfaction, funding, and safe staffing, which are not being adequately addressed.
Tags: budget, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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Canada needs the Connaught model of domestic vaccine production
Saturday, March 20th, 2021
A properly restored Canadian global powerhouse in vaccines would improve on the current world patchwork of players focused on discovery, clinical trials, safe packaging, mass production and a dozen other disciplines, layered over by conflicting priorities of national governments. That model conflicts with Ottawa’s current $1-billion national vaccine strategy.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical
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When will the Liberal government keep its promises on national pharmacare?
Saturday, March 6th, 2021
Canadians have waited for decades for universal pharmacare. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, they cannot wait any longer… The 2021 federal budget is just around the corner. If the government’s rejection of C-213 was because it was written on the terms of an opposition party and not their own, this may be one of the last opportunities for the prime minister to make good on his public support for universal, public pharmacare.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Liberals rhetorically support NDP pharmacare bill, then vote against it
Friday, February 26th, 2021
The bill did not have specific dollar amounts in it. It was merely a statement of principles to guide the federal government in consultations with the provinces — if and when such talks occur. The purpose of the bill was to advance a process to which the Trudeau government claims it is fully committed, namely, to expand Canada’s public and universal health-care system so that it includes prescription drugs. There was no timeline in the measure. The bill would not bind the government in any way… Why the Liberals voted “No” remains a mystery.
Tags: featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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COVID HIGHLIGHTS ACUTE SHORTAGE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
… paying higher rates for physician services would have a negative effect on the number of health services provided per capita as physicians tend to reduce the number of hours worked as their pay increases. Nurses, conversely, have a positive – though small – correlation between remuneration, numbers per capita and health outcomes… the report advocates shifting methods and modes of care delivery, or adapting scopes of practice… to address short-term healthcare labour supply gaps.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Compulsory licensing would allow Ottawa to authorize generic copies of the COVID-19 vaccines
Friday, February 5th, 2021
compulsory licensing would eliminate the need for constant negotiation. The government would make its decision and that would be that. The drug giants would be furious. Pfizer and Moderna might refuse to honour their pledges. They might cut back promised shipments of the vaccine.
But they are doing that anyway. And the government has been unable to use the usual methods of contract compliance to stop them. Compulsory licensing provides government with a workable alternative…
Tags: budget, globalization, Health, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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Provincial Leadership on a National Pharmacare Program
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
In the September 23, 2020 Speech from the Throne, the federal government again committed to a universal national Pharmacare program and to “accelerate steps to achieve this system.” … In the midst of COVID-19, we cannot delay access to essential medicines any further… At this critical moment, Canadians need British Columbia to lead. Your government can play a key role in the creation of this new social program for all Canadians.
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Ending private long-term care would be an expensive mistake
Monday, February 1st, 2021
Rather than wasting money in buying back licences, we should be investing those funds in urgently redeveloping older homes, increasing home inspections, providing higher wages for more full-time providers and increasing hours of care. We should also be investing in home-care that keeps seniors independent rather than requiring admission to LTC.
Tags: Health, housing, ideology, multiculturalism, privatization, Seniors, standard of living
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