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October 25, 2021
Canada & Global Vax Inequity (Nair)
By Ashwin Nair
WHAT CANADA NEEDS TO DO ABOUT GLOBAL VACCINE INEQUITY As the country recovers from a third wave of COVID-19 infections, vaccinations have been ramping up. Canada now leads the world in terms of the share of the population vaccinated with at least one d
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August 30, 2021
Parties Should be Precise on SENIORS CARE (Hunsley)
By Terrance Hunsley
The pandemic made Canadians aware of both the inadequacy of long term care facilities and services and of the tsunami of service needs sweeping over us as the baby boom turns 75. While most of Canada’s seniors are living in relative good health and con
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August 18, 2021
A time for Fundamental Debates (Cardozo)
By Andrew Cardozo
Election 2021: a time for some fundamental debates more than ever before An early summer election has got to be more about who’s going to win with a minority or a majority. The last two years has seen governments step up to help Canadians like never be
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April 30, 2021
When it comes to Disability Supports in Canada – We are all Americans (#2 in a series)
By Dr. William Cowie
Second in a series submitted by Dr. William Cowie, Every Canadian Counts Coalition; https://everycanadiancounts.com, The disability support system in Canada has all the features of the public, uninsured American health care system. It is costly, ineff
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April 16, 2021
The Inclusion Agenda: Getting to the Starting Line: #1 and #2 of a series (Cowie)
By Dr William Cowie
Second in a series submitted by Dr. William Cowie, Every Canadian Counts Coalition; https://everycanadiancounts.com, The disability support system in Canada has all the features of the public, uninsured American health care system. It is costly, ineffi
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March 4, 2021
Commentaries on “National Standard for Seniors’ Care” (Sulkers; Brink)
By Paul Sulkers
1. Commentary by Paul Sulkers 2. Commentary by Satya Brink I read with interest your paper on a National Standard for Senior Care. Very well researched and expressed in terms of capturing the urgent requirements and path forward, building advocacy for
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February 10, 2021
“Coherent Approach to CHILDCARE in Canada” (Pearson Report; Fernandez)
By Sharon Fernandez
The Pearson Centre commissioned this report by Senior Researcher Sharon Fernandez. The views expressed here are those of Ms Fernandez. This is published to inspire dialogue on an important Canadian public policy, and is the subject of a Pearson webinar
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February 10, 2021
Commentary on National Standard for Senior’s Care
By Satya Brink
Caring for Canada’s seniors This is a follow-up note to the Social Canada post on January 29, 2021 by Terrance Hunsley on the Pearson Centre report: National Goal for Senior Care. The purpose is to support the suggestions and to further the thinking
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February 13, 2021
“A National Standard for SENIORS’ CARE” (Pearson Report; Hunsley)
By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre
The Pearson Centre commissioned this report by Senior Fellow Terrance Hunsley. The views expressed here are those of Mr. Hunsley. This is published to inspire dialogue on an important Canadian public policy, and was the subject of a Pearson webinar on
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January 21, 2021
ADVICE FOR PARTIES by supporters: Waddell, Falcon Ouellette, Baran, Dookeran
By Robert Falcon Ouellette, Yaroslav Baran, Ian Waddell, Nira Dookeran
ADVICE FOR EACH FEDERAL PARTY – FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS We asked friends of the Pearson Centre connected to each national party, to share their ideas about what each party should focus on when the House returns on January 25, and we are delighted with th
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