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One difference between Canadian and American health care is that the US government allows research-based drug makers to advertise the benefits of their medicines to patients, but the Canadian government outlaws this freedom of speech. Unfortunately, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (the Canadian equivalent of the Journal of the American Medical Association) has encouraged Canada’s government to maintain this restriction.


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The government of Manitoba has embarked on an ill-advised industrial policy that will not only put Canadians’ health at risk without improving employment or economic growth in the province, but also violates the principles of free trade as well.

The policy in question is the government’s encouragement of Internet-based, mail-order pharmacies that send lower-priced Canadian prescription drugs to American patients in violation of U.S. law.