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Six things you need to know about the greatest threat to medicare in a generation
Anyone who tells you this is about “choice” is missing the point. We already have the option in Canada for doctors to opt out of the public system and charge what they want in boutique clinics. What Dr. Profit wants to do is enrich himself further, by charging unlimited amounts for services and then turn around and charge government and tax payers for this… Evidence from around the world shows private clinics erode public health care and increase wait times.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, privatization, rights, standard of living, tax
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Our medical system needs choice to survive
Many other countries — such as Sweden, New Zealand and Australia — combine some form of public and private operation, while upholding the same standards of care and accessibility as Canada… Elements of private care have penetrated many levels of the Canadian system, to be taken advantage of by those in the know… Defenders of public health care should be focused on attaining a greater level of flexibility and innovation within a guarantee that no one will be denied quality care through insufficient means.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living, tax
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Like unions and political parties, charities deserve freedom of speech
An Ottawa-based charity recently filed suit to stop the CRA from stripping its tax-exempt status, on the ground it has been too politically active. Lawyers for Canada Without Poverty argue their client’s constitutional right to free expression is being violated unreasonably. They’re not wrong… Ottawa should drop the audits and modernize its outdated laws. Free speech should apply to all.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living, tax
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Private vs. public: B.C. case could reshape medicare
… the case will… expose many of the absurdities and contradictions in the way we fund and regulate health care… The reality is that Canada already has a hybrid system, with 70 per cent of care publicly funded and 30 per cent privately funded. What makes this country unique, however, is it is the only one that bans private insurance for hospital and physician care but, at the same time, makes most patients depend on private insurance for prescription drugs, dental care and long-term care.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, privatization, rights, standard of living, tax
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Ontario’s schools have issues – but don’t blame funding cuts
… for an explanation for resource challenges in Ontario’s public schools, look to how the system is organized and managed… Archaic regulations, union monopoly (which helps create misaligned incentives for both bureaucrats and educators), lack of responsiveness to parental demands, and centralized, prescriptive curriculum are just a few of the many handcuffs holding back Ontario’s public-school systems… the problems in Ontario public education require a fundamental restructuring
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, standard of living, tax
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Next Economy: Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit World?
A not-for-profit world could create the space for us to acknowledge that human needs are complex, and that not all of them are best met by a marketplace driven by for-profit corporations. Rather than relying on the market to figure out how to meet those needs all the time, a not-for-profit world creates space for us to meet the portion of our needs outside of the market through more free time, stronger communities, more personal connection and generally higher levels of well being.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, privatization, standard of living, tax
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What Tax Avoidance Costs Us (For One, Pharmacare)
… here’s my list of the questions we need to be asking Canadians: Do you believe that Canadian corporations should pay the stated corporate tax rate — the second-lowest in the G7 — and be prevented from using tax havens to avoid paying their share? / Would you support clamping down on the use of tax havens and other loopholes, and using the billions gained as a result for public programs like pharmacare?
Tags: budget, crime prevention, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, pharmaceutical, standard of living, tax
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Anti-tax crusaders provide only half the picture
The Fraser Institute’s annual report on taxes never considers what Canadians get in return for their money… the portion of income going to taxes has increased by only 7 per cent since 1961 – a half-century over which we got the Canada Pension Plan and medicare, among other aspects of the social safety net that many see as central to our national identity… middle-income Canadians enjoy public services, from education to health insurance to pensions, worth about $41,000 annually per family…
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Close the wage gap by creating a province-wide child care program
Ontario must commit to an affordable and publicly funded geared-to-income child-care program if it hopes to make a dent in the pay gap. That’s a tall order for a provincial government facing a $4.3-billion deficit… [but]… The task force found that every dollar invested in child care adds $2.47 to the Ontario economy…early childhood education pays off for kids — and reduces spending on social programs down the road.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Health, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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