Each year, more than 250,000 newcomers make Canada their home, drawn by its reputation for a strong economy, excellent education system and its free and universal health care system. "Overall we ...

Canada’s charter has enshrined a right to mobility, Reimer said. “Most people in Canada can live and work anywhere in the country and provide the service that they’re trained to do, anywhere in the ...

Think Tank piece in the Free Press (Medical assistance in dying and advance directives) with great interest, because these ...

Private insurance for anything deemed "medically necessary" is outlawed in Canada. Instead, the government foots the bill. Ostensibly, health care is "free" at the point of access for patients.

"Although health care cost savings are lower than the ... More information: Doug Coyle, Implementing a smoke-free generation policy for Canada: estimates of the long-term impacts, Health Promotion ...

Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care ... But that "free" coverage has a significant cost. Medicaid beneficiaries must wait longer for care than those with private ...

P.E.I. Nurses' Union welcomes the upcoming change to the Canada Health Act, which will allow nurse practitioners to contribute more to the health-care system on the Island. Starting April 1 next ...

Coyle said the amount of health-care costs saved according to ... Pipe said the research bolstered the case for a smoke-free generation policy in Canada. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute ...

Health-care workers in Nunavut are accusing Ottawa ... we would get a rationale attached from [Indigenous Services Canada] of what the reasoning was. Recently, we are not seeing that," said ...