Canada’s healthcare systems are under increasing pressure: a rapidly aging population, new demands for services, fiscal challenges, and awkward interfaces between publicly and privately funded services are among the challenges to which Canadians must adapt. Sound research and advice from independent sources will be integral to achieving desirable policy outcomes. The C.D. Howe Institute’s Healthcare Policy Initiative is an ongoing program to produce research, analysis and events to raise the level of debate around Canadian healthcare and to help motivate policy improvements. The program will address critical issues such as: international lessons on financing and incentives; defining the services provided under public plans; incentives and funding arrangements for hospitals and healthcare providers; federal and provincial policy on pharmaceuticals; options for primary-care reform; access and quality of care. As with all the Institute’s work, the program aims to provide research that is rigorous, evidence-based, and peer-reviewed, recommendations that are relevant, constructive, and timely, and communications that are clear, authoritative and practical.
Co-Chairs
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Janet Davidson
Don Johnson Fellow-in-Residence![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-08/Neil%20Fraser_2022.png.jpg?itok=XxmCG0bz)
Neil Fraser
Former President, Medtronic of Canada Ltd.Members
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Donna Duncan
Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Long-Term Care Association![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Will%20Falk.png.jpg?itok=42kVBwbc)
Will Falk
Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Innovation Fellow, WIHV![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2022-09/placement%20icon%202_0.png.jpg?itok=nQ0kvJPK)
Jon Feairs
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, AstraZeneca Canada![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Michael%20Green.png.jpg?itok=jNNf3xRM)
Michael Green
President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2024-01/Declan%20Hamill.png.jpg?itok=eghgXxiB)
Declan Hamill
Vice President, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Affairs, Innovative Medicines Canada![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-03/Mike%20Hamilton_2023.png.jpg?itok=Fz01d4VL)
Mike Hamilton
President, GE Healthcare Canada![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Steven%20Hogue.png.jpg?itok=T86P0bco)
Steven Hogue
Associate Director, Federal Relations, Pfizer Canada![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Jim%20Keon%202023.png.jpg?itok=0Qh-hbY5)
Jim Keon
President, Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2022-06/placement%20icon%202_1.png.jpg?itok=plntKZSo)
Mark Komlenic
President & CEO, Alberta Blue Cross![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-08/Genevieve%20Lavertu_2022.png.jpg?itok=ocKxx_QU)
Geneviève Lavertu
Director, Government Affairs and Policy, Medical Technology (Canada), Johnson & JohnsonContent
Research Papers
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