‘The frustration and anger with the health-care system is significant,’ says pollster Nik Nanos, as nine of 10 Canadians say change is necessary. Read full story

Provincial NDP leader Naheed Nenshi has written to the prime minister citing Health Canada's slow reaction to a provincial bill allowing doctors to work in public and private health care systems. NDP MP McPherson says Health Minister Marjorie Michel is ‘not stepping up’ on the issue. Read full story

Policymakers still hesitate to treat it as a mainstream economic driver despite a broader government focus on productivity, investment, and internal trade. Read full story

The Canadian Nurses Association is calling on the federal government to invest in the infrastructure nurses need to deliver culturally safer care. Read full story

The federal government's commitment to Canada's first National Men and Boys' Health Strategy is a meaningful and timely step. But consultation alone isn't enough. Read full story

While Liberal members tried to squeeze one more study into the schedule, Conservatives held firm that they should continue reviewing the terminated federally-funded e-prescribing program. Conservative health critic Dan Mazier says it’s important because ‘$300-million has gone into nowhere.’ Read full story

Dissenting reports from four Senators and Bloc MP Luc Thériault, who all took part in the review, say the federal government should seek the Supreme Court’s opinion on the issue. Read full story

Independent decisions by Health Canada experts are meant to be the firewall between Canadians and unacceptably risky products. Bill C-30 weakens that firewall. Read full story

Environmental exposures are increasingly shaping health outcomes across Canada. Read full story

In practice, access to care under the IFHP is often far more limited than critics suggest. Read full story