Health care’s iron triangle is hindering innovation
Our health care is failing to improve because each invested player inside our system holds de facto veto power over those outside who try to change it.
Healthcare In Canada
How can we improve Canada’s ailing health system? Economist Maria Lily Shaw highlights lessons from the UK and Sweden
This episode of Hub Dialogues with economist Maria Lily Shaw focuses on Canada’s lacklustre health-care performance compared to peer countries and what reforms we can adopt for better outcomes for Canadian patients.
It's a bad sign when political parties prioritize money over votes
The next Conservative party leader should be sensitive and receptive to party members. But the leader must also shape, not follow, opinion in the party.
The provinces (and conservatives) must take some initiative if they want dental care done right
Using an insurance marketplace approach would allow provinces to introduce a model of health care that is fundamentally different from the current government monopoly system but not especially threatening.
The past, present and future of mRNA vaccines
The major ongoing advantage of mRNA vaccines is the ease of design, lower cost, and speed of production relative to other vaccines.
‘We need to maintain peace in the Pacific’: David Frum on the West’s relations with China and the geopolitical consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
With the two-year anniversary of global COVID-19 lockdowns upon us, today’s Frum Dialogues episode focuses on the pandemic’s long-term consequences for the West’s relationship with China—including the threat of a new Cold War—and what it all means for Canada.
Charting COVID-19's path from dangerous pandemic to endemic disease
Canada is at an important crossroad: continue to live in fear or plan thoughtfully, thus preserving our freedoms.
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystifies the brain
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses how our brains operate, the societal problem of stress, and the importance of training your brain as you would your body.
Reforming our health system is an urgent necessity
We are at the breaking point. The debilitating effects of another shutdown cannot be overstated. Nothing short of comprehensive reform will help.
Christine Van Geyn: B.C.’s vaccine policy unjustly disadvantages minority groups
British Columbia’s vaccine passport policy unjustly disadvantages a minority group: those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons.
