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Public Purists, Privatization Proponents and the Curious: Canada’s three health-care mindsets
Politics drives privatization views: half of CPC voters are proponents, most NDP voters are public purists February 27, 2023 – As the federal government holds one-on-one meetings with the country’s premiers to hash out the details of $46-billion injection of
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Mental Health and MAID: Canadians question looming changes to Canada’s assisted-death law
Canadians divided whether surge in MAID since 2016 represents success or failure in health care February 13, 2023 – As the Trudeau government again delays changes to Canada’s medical assistance in death (MAID) laws that would have expanded coverage to
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Funding Faceoff: Canadians split over key decisions regarding federal-provincial Health Accord
Ontario plan to pay for private operations with public funds draws support from majority February 6, 2023 – With Canada’s first ministers set to meet tomorrow in an attempt to hammer out a health care accord aimed at healing an
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Canadians strongly support COVID-19 test requirement for travellers from China, but also question its efficacy
One-in-eight believe the policy to be racist, including more than half of those who oppose it January 24, 2023 – China abandoning its COVID zero strategy has caused a ripple of concern around the globe as the world’s second-most populous
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Unmasked but not Unwilling? More than half would bring back mask mandates, including many who rarely wear one
Three-in-ten Canadians (31%) say they’re wearing a mask most of the time when in public spaces December 22, 2022 – This year’s holiday season looks a lot different than the previous two, with public health restrictions now largely left to
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Abortion and Politics: Majority support law to guarantee access; wouldn’t stop pro-life candidates from running
Those who would ban abortion entirely also less likely to support spending programs for single mothers November 28, 2022 – As a political and medical battle rages in the United States with the reversal of Roe v. Wade, Canada’s status
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