Août 21, 2024 11:35AM

B.C. woman’s plight underscores need for urgent health-care reform

Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir

Patients in the province faced a 34.8-week wait to receive neurosurgical treatment.

Sujet:

Health Care

Étiquettes:

health care reform, wait times, universal health insurance, cost sharing, health care costs

Août 13, 2024 8:47AM

Endless spending increases will not fix Canada’s health-care system

Mackenzie Moir, Jake Fuss

From 1993 to 2023, health-care wait times have increased by 198 per cent.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes, Health Care

Étiquettes:

health care spending, health care costs, health care wait times, wait times, waiting for treatment, physician supply

Août 11, 2024 4:30AM

Nighttime light intensity exposes failure of autocratic regimes

Vincent Geloso

Nighttime light is artificial so its level should depict—all else being equal—levels of development.

Sujet:

Economic Freedom

Étiquettes:

economic freedom, economic development, GDP, autocrats

Août 9, 2024 2:49PM

Government meddling contributes to doctor exodus in Quebec

Bacchus Barua, Yanick Labrie

Australia’s health-care system costs less than Canada’s yet delivers more rapid access to health-care services.

Sujet:

Health Care

Étiquettes:

accessory fees, Quebec health care, universal health care, health insurance, user fees, health care costs, canada health act

Août 8, 2024 4:38PM

Dearth of medical resources harms Canadian patients

Mackenzie Moir

Canada ranked 25th of 29 comparable countries with universal health care on the number of MRIs.

Sujet:

Health Care, Other Topics

Étiquettes:

patients, waiting for health care, doctor shortage, physician shortage

Août 2, 2024 5:30PM

An economist looks at North Shore Search and Rescue

Walter Block

The problem with the present system is that no one loses any money when tragedies strike.

Sujet:

Estonia’s solution to Canada’s stagnating economic growth

Callum MacLeod, Jake Fuss

Canada’s personal income and business tax rates are uncompetitive compared to other advanced economies.

Sujet:

New federal legislation should remind Canadians of Orwell’s 1984

Jake Fuss, Alex Whalen

The government wants to make speech crimes punishable by house arrest, jail time or electronic monitoring.

Sujet:

Economic Freedom

Étiquettes:

censorship, Bill C-63, human freedom index, economic freedom index, economic freedom, free speech, online streaming act, canadian content rules, online speech

Juillet 12, 2024 4:00PM

Energy exports continue to fuel the Canadian economy

Jock Finlayson

Oil, natural gas, and other fossil fuel products dominate Canadian energy exports—and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

oil and gas, energy exports, crude oil, natural gas

Juillet 10, 2024 1:30PM

Federal government not alone in mismanaging finances—just look at British Columbia

Grady Munro, Callum MacLeod, Jake Fuss

By 2026/27, the province’s net debt will reach a projected $128.8 billion.

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B.C. woman’s plight underscores need for urgent health-care reform

Endless spending increases will not fix Canada’s health-care system

Nighttime light intensity exposes failure of autocratic regimes

Government meddling contributes to doctor exodus in Quebec

Dearth of medical resources harms Canadian patients

An economist looks at North Shore Search and Rescue

Estonia’s solution to Canada’s stagnating economic growth

New federal legislation should remind Canadians of Orwell’s 1984

Energy exports continue to fuel the Canadian economy

Federal government not alone in mismanaging finances—just look at British Columbia

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