Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
Fairer pay in the public sector: Gender and new Canadian pay gaps in the public and private sectors, 2025
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
Pay gaps based on gender and immigration persist in Canada. The public sector remains a fairer place for both women and new Canadians to work—pay gaps persist here but they’re much smaller than in the private sector… executive compensation would have to ballon to reflect levels in the private sector. Ultimately, the private sector should strive to emulate progress made in the public sector at paying similar workers more fairly.
Tags: economy, gender, immigration
Posted in Equality Delivery System | 1 Comment »
Alternative federal budget 2026-27: Summary
Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Simply arguing for a strong Canada, without any other criteria, clearly isn’t cutting it… Recent federal budgets have been something of a wishlist from Canada’s corporate elites. The AFB… is a wishlist from below—of regular, working people and the movements they build. It is also a benchmark: a realistic, achievable outline of the Canada that we could have, if policymakers chose a route of ambition—a route of strength, but also a route of solidarity.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Education, featured, Health, homelessness, immigration, Indigenous, Seniors, tax
Posted in Debates | 9 Comments »
Carney government restores some health coverage it had cut for refugees
Sunday, August 9th, 2026
“The July 2026 update is expected to impact a very small proportion of current IFHP beneficiaries and will largely maintain the approximately $200 million in projected annual savings associated with the May 2026 program changes, while better aligning coverage for these select services with how they’re typically delivered through publicly funded provincial and territorial health care systems”… “When we ensure that everyone has access to the care that they need, we build healthier communities, and that’s what actually makes Canada strong.”
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, immigration, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | 2 Comments »
Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Claimants will cover a $4 fee for prescriptions and cover 30 per cent of the cost for services not typically covered by the public health care system… co-pays are expected to cover about $140 million in 2026-27, including $92.9 million in savings from dental care alone… Another $10.6 million is expected to be saved on prescriptions, $6.2 million from vision care, and $16.7 million from counselling… Routine doctor visits, emergency medicine, vaccines, hospital stays and lab work continue to be fully covered by the program.
Tags: budget, Health, immigration, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical
Posted in Inclusion Policy Context | 12 Comments »
The wrong people are being asked to pay for Canada’s crisis in health care
Friday, February 6th, 2026
Starting on May 1, 2026, beneficiaries [of the Interim Federal Health Program(IFHP)]such as asylum seekers and refugees will be required to copay 30 per cent of the cost of supplemental health benefits, in addition to a $4 for every prescription filled or renewed… This also applies to dental care, physiotherapy, and mental health treatment. For refugees, these services are not optional; they are essential, and paying 30 per cent of their cost is simply not feasible.
Tags: Health, immigration, participation, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Policy Context | No Comments »
Canada doesn’t need another headline about doctors — it needs a plan
Monday, December 22nd, 2025
… more than 13,000 internationally trained physicians already live in Canada without any pathway to practise. Before adding thousands more, we should ask why so many already here cannot even be assessed… Canada’s problem is not a lack of potential physicians, but a failure of planning and foresight… We have the need. We have the talent. We have the institutions. But we have not connected the dots. It’s time to build the system Canadians deserve.
Tags: economy, Education, Health, immigration
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Blame Doug Ford, not international students, for the catastrophe facing Ontario colleges and universities
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
… years of underfunding, mismanagement and neglect, colleges and universities across the province are slashing programs and cutting jobs… the harm may become irrevocable. Even in the best case, it will take years, and perhaps decades, to repair the damage already done… postsecondary education is a provincial responsibility…
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, standard of living
Posted in Education Policy Context | 3 Comments »
4 things you need to know about health care in the federal budget
Monday, December 8th, 2025
Nearly $400 million in cuts to health… No plan to expand pharmacare… $5 billion for buildings – but no plan for health care workers… Cuts to refugee health care… “The affordability crisis is worsening, and Canadians need to know health care will be there when they need it most.
Tags: budget, Health, immigration, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Ontario judge grants international medical school grads a temporary lifeline
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
An Ontario judge has given a temporary lifeline to international medical school graduates who would have been excluded from qualifying for the first round of matching for medical school residency placements under the province’s controversial new rule… More than 92 per cent of the spots are filled in the first iteration of the matching…
Tags: Health, immigration, jurisdiction, rights
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »
I have lived on three continents and I know what is preventing Canada from thriving
Sunday, November 30th, 2025
A healthy economy sustains strong public systems. Our goal has never been growth at any cost, but growth that keeps health care accessible, schools excellent and a safety net for those who need it. Prosperity and fairness are not opposites; they rise together when rules are fair and ambition has room to run. Immigration belongs in that frame.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, participation, standard of living, youth
Posted in Debates | 6 Comments »
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