Why Canadians need universal pharmacare
Monday, September 20th, 2010
September 16, 2010
The main reason prescription drugs are so expensive in Canada is because of the importance of private insurers… private coverage is totally inefficient, and the administration fees are much higher for private than for public plans (8% as compared to 2%)… Public plans have the resource for pharmaco-economic assessment in order to make sure that, if a drug is reimbursed, patients will get some bang for their bucks.
Tags: budget, Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Census long-form debacle
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
July 16, 2010
The federal government refuses to yield on its decision to end mandatory census long-form data collection, despite an unprecedented Canada-wide backlash that includes doctors, religious groups, academics, city planners and economists. [See} – A media roundup of the latest top news stories and editorials on the issue. [July 12]; Christian and Jewish groups join the debate in this New twist on census story [July 15]; Armine [Yalnizyan] comments as The Fraser Institute Weighs In on the Census [July 16]
Tags: participation, rights
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Fraser Intitute’s ‘Consumer Tax Index’ grossly misrepresents reality
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
April 22, 2010
In a reponse entitled Fraser Institute Tax Index: Half a Century of Fuzzy Math, CCPA research associate Erin Weir shows how average taxes in the report were overstated, and how new public services that account for tax increases were ignored… the Fraser Institute did not even adjust their numbers for inflation, nor consider that incomes grew over the last half a century, accounting for a rise in tax revenue.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living
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Economists warn of financial crisis threat [pensions, market volatility]
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
April 15, 2010
A new CCPA report by pension expert Monica Townson argues that expanding the Canada Pension Plan is the most effective way to address Canada’s pension difficulties. Options for Pension Reform: Expanding the Canada Pension Plan also provides an anlysis of options on how to plan that expansion.
Tags: economy, pensions
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Aboriginal income gap calculated for first time
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Thu, April 8, 2010
In ‘The Income Gap Between Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada’—the first ever report of its kind—Daniel Wilson and David Macdonald find that for every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents.
Tags: Indigenous
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