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Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality
Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it's directly tied to other forms of inequality.
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Healthy public policy requires working within and beyond the health care system
Population health metrics are about more than just health care—they're about the society we live in.
Hennessy’s Index: GDP vs. Well-being
More and more Canadians support governments prioritizing social metrics rather than just economic ones
The social solution to Canada’s health care problem
The medical care system clearly needs government support to get it back to health
Time to grow social and education spending—it’s key to good health
Medical care and social investments are not an either/or proposition.
Three key health policy movements are aligning
Get Well Canada, well-being budgeting, and health-in-all-policies are converging to address the most critical factors shaping health are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which we live.
Auto workers an unexpected ground zero for climate transition risks
Shift Storm newsletter—September 2023 edition
Canada at risk of lawsuits if U.K. accession to pacific trade deal not amended
Civil society organizations and academics are warning about investor-state dispute settlement
Canada and the EU should divest from CETA’s dangerous investment court system
It’s time to treat the novel investor-state dispute settlement system like a stranded asset
Seeking common ground at the Thanksgiving table
Political conversations at Thanksgiving can feel dreadful. They don’t have to.
Saskatchewan’s attacks on trans students are cynical scapegoating
Scott Moe is teaching a master class in political opportunism
Canada is building fewer homes today than during pandemic economy shutdown
Interest rate hikes are behind the collapse of new housing
“Allowances” trap institutionalized Canadians in deep poverty
It’s time for governments to address policy that forces disabled people in residential institutions to live in misery
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