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Social and medical spending: Flip sides of the same coin

Research finds the ratio between health and social spending is key to understanding health outcomes.

Addressing the fundamental causes of population health inequality

Health inequality is a persistent problem—and it's directly tied to other forms of inequality.

Canada needs to move from individual choice approach to whole-of-society approach

Half of our health and well-being is based on social determinants of health

Measuring matters

Provinces must move towards a set-fee model, with an eye on capacity expansion

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

Anti-trans school panic is about controlling kids

For gender-inclusive education, not one step back

How Canada can meet its 2030 climate targets

Adapted from the CCPA’s fall 2023 submission to Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood & Marc Lee

Still in recovery

If we're going to close the gender gap, we need government action

I’m a dentist. It’s time for public dental care in Canada

I see the failures of the privatized insurance system every day. We have a chance to start fixing it.