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Interviews and Conversations

Tom Mulcair speaks with Michael Hainsworth

Tom Mulcair speaks with Michael Hainsworth ahead of the 2023 Regent Debate.

Shaun Francis discusses Competition in Healthcare

Privatized healthcare isn’t new to Canada. But for Medcan CEO and Chair Shaun Francis, breaking the government monopoly on how we’re cared for requires competition – and patient education.

Op-Eds and
intelligence memos

Health care will only succeed through collaboration, not competition: Toronto Star

In the real world of health service delivery, the last three years have taught us a great deal.

To fix Canada’s health care crisis, we need free-market competition, private options: Globe and mail

In a single-payor system…my solution would have reduced the burden on emergency rooms and helped minimize staffing demands for hospitals.

Dr. Danielle Martin - Collaboration, not competition, will get us through our healthcare crisis

Resolving to eliminate competition and work together was the key to every success we had.

Tom Mulcair - Beware the God of Private Healthcare

Ontario’s Bill 60 was introduced last winter and it’s the latest stealthy attempt to subvert Canada’s public healthcare system by letting for-profit care creep in.

Christy Clark - Healthcare Needs a Private-Public Mix

If we have the most expensive healthcare system or one of them in the world, shouldn't we also have the best healthcare system in the world?

Shaun Francis - Only Competition Can Rescue Healthcare

We need a competitive private alternative to our universal public program, with a mix of private and public providers and competitive private insurers.