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COVID-19

COVID-19

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Ontario government has made COVID economic pain even worse

The Greenbelt Act helped drive up residential housing prices in the Greater Toronto Area.

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Canada should improve access to pharmaceuticals in post-COVID world

Drugs were approved in the U.S. 469 days earlier (on average) than in Canada.

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Ottawa should wind down massive COVID subsidies to businesses
The program's total budgeted costs for 2020/21 and 2021/22 now stand at $110.6 billion.
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Wait times—the other health-care crisis

The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity.

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Canada’s vaccine rollout continues to lag

If Moderna had been allowed to sell its vaccines earlier, many Canadian death and illnesses may have been prevented.

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Canada’s COVID response requires more imagination and innovation

Protracted lockdowns slowly strangle the economic and social life of the country.

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B.C. makes progress on surgery backlog—but serious challenges remain

The provincial government contracted several private surgical clinics to help clear the backlog.

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