Although this position has no basis in fact or law, many believe it, especially when provincial
and territorial leaders repeat and reinforce it. The vacuum of federal leadership has resulted …

For much of the last decade, Canadian federal health pol-icy has been conspicuous by its
absence. During that time, the federal government has walked away from collaborating with …

Canada's government marked the end of 2011 by shattering the hopes of health
professionals and their patients. Less than a week before Christmas, federal Minister of …

Thank you for your editorial on my new role as the federal minister of health. 1 Throughout
my career, I have been guided by the triple aim of providing better care and better health …

Canadian political leaders, regardless of ideology, have all learned to pledge allegiance to
the principle of a universal public health care system. But in terms of tangible commitments …

Progress in health care at the national level will only suffer if individual provinces or
territories continue to broker side deals with the federal government, say concerned …

The first public meetings for Canada's Commission on the Future of Health Care yielded a
fair dose of hand-wringing and the predictable mix of prescriptions, ranging from pumping …

INTRODUCTION one of the new government's top policy priorities is to negotiate a new
health accord with the provinces and territories. details about what a new accord may …

The Canada Health Act (CHA) was adopted in 1984, to shore up a health-care system
conceptualized in the 1960s. Under the CHA, universal coverage is limited to" medically …

CP Photo/Tom Hanson aim to become “a full system partner”? Well, in 2000 Health Canada
negotiated an accord requiring the provinces to report on a common set of indicators in …