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The next leap forward: Clean air for Canadians

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Why Canada needs a “deep prevention” approach to pandemic preparedness

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Want to know where we are with cancer care? Don’t ask Ontario.

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The chronic failure to pass social legislation

How to create a health-care superpower

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The mirage of “death as a benefit”

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Better MAiD oversight is needed to protect patients

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Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis

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The urgent need for mental health-care supports

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COVID-19 responses were always going to be inequitable

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Who is actually eligible for medical assistance in dying in Quebec?

Canada needs to implement pandemic preparedness in dealing with TB

Honour Tommy Douglas and stand up for public denticare

People need public delivery not just more spending for dental care

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How pharmacist prescribing can alleviate health-care system pressures

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Put abortion pills into people’s hands

Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North

We’re too attached to our health-care system to properly fix it

Ottawa should push for water fluoridation

A racial justice agenda for medicare

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Courts need help to assess science

Most Canadians want higher health transfers, preferably without conditions

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Canada needs to grow basic science capacity

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Quebec’s commission on MAiD misses the mark on mental disorders

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