‘The system is failing patients’: Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell on the need to increase patient choice in Canadian health care

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British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell during a news conference in downtown Vancouver, Nov 4, 2010. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press.

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22 Oct 24

On this special edition of Hub Dialogues, Editor-at-large Sean Speer interviews former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell on the case for ambitious health-care reform in Canada and the role of political leadership to achieve better health outcomes for Canadians. This discussion was part of a day-long conference hosted by the Canadian Constitutional Foundation, Montreal Economic Institute and SecondStreet.Org, and was held in front of a live audience in Vancouver, B.C. on September 10th, 2024.

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‘The system is failing patients’: Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell on the need to increase patient choice in Canadian health care

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