health care

The biggest extension to health care by far in this budget was a national dental care program. This went from obscurity to policy in a matter of months due to its inclusion in the Liberal-NDP agreement.

Quebec Premier François Legault is warning that the new alliance between the federal Liberals and the NDP is going to trigger a confrontation with the provinces, particularly around health care.

Beware the false prophets — and profits — of private health care, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Katharine Zywert’s just-completed PhD thesis shines a light on transformative approaches to health care that improve both human and planetary well-being.

Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency meeting on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Anyone with doubts that COVID-19 is simply a cold or a flu can see with their own eyes what the virus is capable of doing.

The Prime Minister's Office isn't saying anything about a key U.S. senator's decision to put President Joe Biden's controversial electric-vehicle incentives on ice.

The federal Liberals have introduced a two-for-one piece of legislation that would provide sick leave to some workers, and bring the law down on anyone harassing health-care employees.

Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair examines how racism isn’t just costing taxpayers more, but costing people their lives.

Federal party leaders jousted over climate change, health care, foreign policy, the economy and Indigenous reconciliation during Thursday's, September 9, 2021, English-language debate — their last, best chance to sway voters before the Sept. 20 election.

Five federal party leaders jousted over health and child care, the environment and Quebec identity politics in the first of two official election debates on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, evening as they sought to sway francophone voters before election day on Sept. 20, 2021.

Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight, September 8, 2021, in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20, 2021.

Four party leaders went head to head in the first televised debate of the campaign on Thursday, September 2, 2021, night, trading barbs over the COVID-19 pandemic, health care and systemic racism in Quebec, a key battleground in Canada's 44th federal election.

New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh unfurled a blueprint for the NDP campaign platform on Thursday, August 12, 2021, doubling down on affordability and economic populism as federal opposition leaders criss-cross the country ahead of an election race expected to kick off Sunday.

The federal opposition parties are already off and running as each leader aims to jump the gun on an election race expected to kick off in the coming days.