The History of the Push to Privatize Healthcare in Canada Published January 26, 2023 Podcast Colleen Fuller, health policy researcher and author Caring for Profit, joins Mitchell Thompson to look at the politics behind for-profit healthcare.
Doug Ford’s Government Met With Lobbyists Pitching ‘Uber’-Style App for Health Care Workers Published January 24, 2023 News Staffy claims its app can help hospitals find nurses ‘in minutes’
BC Government Looking Into International Student Overdoses After Community Sounds Alarm Published January 20, 2023 News Ministry officials are reaching out to community members, BC Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says
Event For Health Workers Shut Down After Manitoba Officials Spread False Information, Emails Show Published January 18, 2023 News Brian Pallister’s former adviser circulated misinformation that led to RCMP being called on a group handing out gift cards to health care workers
Ontario’s Health Minister: Surgeons Allowed to ‘Upsell’ Patients To Make More Money Published January 17, 2023 Video Doug Ford‘s Health Minister Sylvia Jones clarifies that she prefers to call it ‘patient options’, not ‘upselling’
International Students Are Dying From Overdoses at an Alarming Rate. But BC’s Government Isn’t Tracking the Problem. Published January 16, 2023 News BC’s government says it does not collect data on how the overdose crisis is impacting communities based on race or ethnicity