Everyday Care Activism
Ethel Tungohan illuminates how the goals and desires of migrant care worker activists go beyond political considerations like policy changes and overturning power structures.
Decommodify Care
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Why the Cambie case should concern us all
The Cambie Case is an important policy decision with massive impact on our cherished public healthcare systems that many Canadians are not familiar with. Adjudicated in British Columbia, this four-year-long trial began in 2016 and ended in 2020. Fortunately, the Provincial Court of BC recently made the decision to rule against privatizing health care financing.
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No mental health care without pharmacare
When thinking about mental health care, one would expect medication coverage to be included. While mental health and pharmacare are parts of universal health care for many countries, Canada lags behind as the exception.
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Why Ontario municipalities also want a good child care deal
For far too long, Ontario’s municipalities have been subject to a roller-coaster of provincially-imposed policy and funding changes with unrealistic timelines. Our local governments – and the public they serve – deserve better this time.
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Is Medicare in Manitoba at risk?
The final factor, or destructive gift to Manitoba, could well be an expansion of private sector health care delivery. Such an expansion, in the name of pandemic inspired “ innovation”, would be a long time Tory dream come true.
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Canada has a health care investment problem
While Canadians are rightly proud of the principles our health care system is based on, there should be little doubt that those principles do not apply broadly enough or lack adequate resourcing.
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Reigning in drug prices, before pharmacare slips away
Canada has long suffered from a broken pricing regime for prescription drugs. Now is the time for a new regime, one that supports the scientific community, encourages economic development and job creation.
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Solidarity after the pandemic: basic income or basic services?
Meeting universal basic needs for participation, health and independence is not a simple consumer choice. Rather, it’s a minimum condition to ensure a vibrant and thriving democratic society.
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Explainer: implementing paid sick days and paid sick leave
Across Canada, paid sick days have largely been left to the responsibility of the employer and/or union collective agreements to provide.
