Policy Options

(This article has been translated into French.) A few years ago, a pregnant friend who went through successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) called me late at night, sobbing. She felt...

The much-maligned, often-studied Assisted Human Reproduction Act is a sweeping piece of legislation that governs the regulation of reproductive technologies and embryo research in Canada. Although it was passed...

Designing a policy framework to regulate the ethically charged, scientifically complex field of assisted reproduction has been challenging for the federal and provincial governments. The 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction...

«Les Canadiens font partie de ceux qui doivent payer les prix les plus élevés pour des médicaments d’ordonnance au monde », admet le gouvernement fédéral dans son communiqué de presse...

“I wasn’t born to be a drug addict,” said a brave member of the audience at our recent Open Caucus meeting in the Senate on the Opioid Crisis in...

As the Canadian population ages, end-of-life issues are increasingly important and are raising many questions. The Quebec government has attempted to respond to some of these concerns by establishing...

Vancouver is experiencing a measles outbreak, one of a growing number of places in Canada to have to deal with the serious disease. Seventeen cases have been identified by...

«Que pensez-vous du nouveau Guide alimentaire canadien ? » Voilà une question que l’on me pose souvent depuis que Santé Canada a publié ses nouvelles directives sur l’alimentation au pays....

The federal government’s Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare will be releasing its report this spring. The council was created last June to “conduct a fiscal, economic...

Canada is about to take a critical shot at a national approach to pharmacare — ensuring that every citizen is able to fill a doctor’s prescription regardless of income,...