Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Août 16, 2018 9:09AM

Twitter tiff sparks health-care debate free of apt comparisons

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Hospitals in Switzerland compete with one another for patients.

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health care, universal access health care, hospitals, patients, doctors, co-pays, cost-sharing, access to medical services, surgery, health-care costs

Août 15, 2018 2:59PM

Housing takes centre stage in Toronto election

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Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur

Seattle’s rental vacancy rate jumped to 5.4 per cent—five times that of the GTA.

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municipal government, housing, housing affordability, homebuilding, homebuyers, rental units, john tory, toronto housing

Août 10, 2018 1:39PM

As developed countries age, the percentage of the population inclined to innovate falls

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Sasha Parvani, Jason Clemens

There is an increasing need for policies that actively encourage business startups.

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Août 10, 2018 10:17AM

The Saudi-Canada rights/engagement trade-off

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As someone who generally favours less intervention by government, I’m not sure why Ottawa has to express its disapproval of what goes on in other countries.

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saudi arabia, trade, foreign relationship

Août 10, 2018 8:38AM

BC is returning to its big spending ways of the 1990s

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After just one full year in power, it seems British Columbians may be seeing history repeat itself with a return to the big spending NDP government of the 1990s.

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Government Spending & Taxes

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bc deficit, bc government spending, bc economy

Août 7, 2018 6:28PM

Did Prime Minister Trudeau flinch on the federal carbon price backstop?

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Kenneth P. Green

Expect more “tweaks” to come for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon price backstop with the 2019 election fast approaching.

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Natural Resources

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carbon taxes, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon pricing, carbon emissions, emissions

Août 2, 2018 2:41PM

New pricing regulations may restrict access to innovative drugs in Canada

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Bacchus Barua, Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker

Review board’s new reference countries have more limited access to new and innovative drugs.

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pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, access to new drugs, pharmaceutical innovation, patients, cancer medicine

Août 1, 2018 2:53PM

Learning from the past—rapid deficit-reduction should be a Ford government priority

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In 2017/18, Ontario’s net debt reached $308 billion.

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Government Spending & Taxes

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ontario government debt, ontario government spending, charles sousa, doug ford, debt and deficits

Juillet 30, 2018 12:01PM

Toronto City Council reduction—a distraction from greater priorities

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Josef Filipowicz

Ford plan's reported savings represent only $2.33 per Torontonian per year.

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Government Spending & Taxes

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toronto city hall, doug ford, taxpayers, size of government, ontario amalgamation, municipalities, city council

Juillet 27, 2018 1:45PM

Economists almost unanimous—rising trade barriers not good

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Trade with China may actually have increased manufacturing employment in the United States.

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barriers to trade, tariffs, trade with china, exports, imports, donald trump, trade, trade war, trade deficits

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