From: Tarn Dhillon To: Healthcare and labour market policy decision-makers Date: September 23, 2026 Re: The Dental Plan Worked. The Delivery System Now Needs to Catch Up. The Canadian Dental Care Plan has done what it set out to do. As of mid-2026, roughly 6.6 million Canadians have signed on and more than 4.3 million […]
From: Will Falk and Keldon Bester To: Canadian Healthcare Observers Date: September 22, 2026 Re: AI Co-Pilots Set to Disrupt the Great Medical Record Oligopoly AI now has a credible path to disrupt Canada’s electronic medical record (EMR) markets. Not through wholesale replacement, but by working above and beside existing systems. Ambient scribes and second-screen clinical decision support (CDS) […]
From: Harvey Naglie To: Innovation Observers Date: September 8, 2026 Re: Canada Built the AI. Now Build the Market. Canada’s artificial-intelligence problem is coming into focus. We know how to produce research, talent and promising companies. We have not learned how to give those companies a domestic market large and coherent enough to scale in. […]
In Canada, only 13.2 percent of Canadians reported accessing core components of their health records electronically. Access varies widely across provinces: Saskatchewan leads the way with 38 percent, nearly triple the national average, while Ontario and Quebec lag at just 9.3 and 7.5 percent, respectively. As provinces work to close this gap, expanding electronic access […]
August 25, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes have demonstrated strong clinician demand and measurable benefits, but Canada’s fragmented procurement and regulatory systems could prevent the country from safely translating early adoption into a competitive healthcare AI sector, according to a new Communiqué from the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group. Composed of experts from […]
Scaling Up: Commercializing Health AI in Canada Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Fourth meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Meeting Overview The C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group met for its fourth session on June 23, 2026, to examine […]
25 août 2026 – Les logiciels de transcription numérique basés sur l’intelligence artificielle (scribe IA) suscitent un fort intérêt auprès des cliniciens et offrent des avantages mesurables. Cependant, selon un nouveau communiqué du Groupe de travail sur la croissance économique et la résilience du secteur de la santé de l’Institut C.D. Howe, la fragmentation des […]
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Research spending watchers Date: August 24, 2026 Re: Self-Imposed Barriers Hampering Canada’s Life Sciences Sector The federal Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Sector Task Force report recently delivered 39 recommendations to reposition the sector as a strategic, nation-building priority. It identified complex regulatory pathways, fragmented ethics approvals across sites, limited data infrastructure, and a lengthy […]
To: Immigration and healthcare watchers From: Tingting Zhang Date: August 10, 2026 Re: Faster Processing, Not Co-payments, Needed to Put a Lid on Refugee Healthcare Costs The public cost of providing health coverage for asylum seekers and refugees has more than quadrupled over the past five years. The Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) will spend […]
Published in the Financial Post. The public cost of providing health coverage for asylum-seekers and refugees has more than quadrupled over the past five years. The Parliamentary Budget Officer projects the cost of Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees and asylum claimants will reach nearly $1 billion this fiscal year and $1.5 billion in 2029-30. That’s up from $211 million in 2020-21. […]
The diversity, innovation, and competitiveness of Canada’s healthcare industry – including pharmaceuticals, medtech and biotech, the provision of equipment and supplies, and the delivery of complex services – is a source of strength for the country. Health-related innovation drives exports, supports millions of jobs, and allows for the application of life-saving new drugs and technologies. […]
From: Marcel Saulnier To: Healthcare observers Date: July 17, 2026 Re: Five Reasons Why Mark Carney Needs to Care About Healthcare The Carney government has moved quickly since taking office, tackling everything from trade diversification to industrial strategy. Yet one area where the Prime Minister has been noticeably silent is health care. That is understandable to a point. Canada is […]
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From: Tarn Dhillon To: Healthcare and labour market policy decision-makers Date: September 23, 2026 Re: The Dental Plan Worked. The Delivery System Now Needs to Catch Up. The Canadian Dental Care Plan has done what it set out to do. As of mid-2026, roughly 6.6 million Canadians have signed on and more than 4.3 million […] 
From: Will Falk and Keldon Bester To: Canadian Healthcare Observers Date: September 22, 2026 Re: AI Co-Pilots Set to Disrupt the Great Medical Record Oligopoly AI now has a credible path to disrupt Canada’s electronic medical record (EMR) markets. Not through wholesale replacement, but by working above and beside existing systems. Ambient scribes and second-screen clinical decision support (CDS) […] 
From: Harvey Naglie To: Innovation Observers Date: September 8, 2026 Re: Canada Built the AI. Now Build the Market. Canada’s artificial-intelligence problem is coming into focus. We know how to produce research, talent and promising companies. We have not learned how to give those companies a domestic market large and coherent enough to scale in. […] 
In Canada, only 13.2 percent of Canadians reported accessing core components of their health records electronically. Access varies widely across provinces: Saskatchewan leads the way with 38 percent, nearly triple the national average, while Ontario and Quebec lag at just 9.3 and 7.5 percent, respectively. As provinces work to close this gap, expanding electronic access […] 
August 25, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes have demonstrated strong clinician demand and measurable benefits, but Canada’s fragmented procurement and regulatory systems could prevent the country from safely translating early adoption into a competitive healthcare AI sector, according to a new Communiqué from the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group. Composed of experts from […] 
Scaling Up: Commercializing Health AI in Canada Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Fourth meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group Meeting Overview The C.D. Howe Institute’s Health Sector Economic Growth and Resilience Working Group met for its fourth session on June 23, 2026, to examine […] 
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Research spending watchers Date: August 24, 2026 Re: Self-Imposed Barriers Hampering Canada’s Life Sciences Sector The federal Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Sector Task Force report recently delivered 39 recommendations to reposition the sector as a strategic, nation-building priority. It identified complex regulatory pathways, fragmented ethics approvals across sites, limited data infrastructure, and a lengthy […] 
To: Immigration and healthcare watchers From: Tingting Zhang Date: August 10, 2026 Re: Faster Processing, Not Co-payments, Needed to Put a Lid on Refugee Healthcare Costs The public cost of providing health coverage for asylum seekers and refugees has more than quadrupled over the past five years. The Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) will spend […] 
Published in the Financial Post. The public cost of providing health coverage for asylum-seekers and refugees has more than quadrupled over the past five years. The Parliamentary Budget Officer projects the cost of Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees and asylum claimants will reach nearly $1 billion this fiscal year and $1.5 billion in 2029-30. That’s up from $211 million in 2020-21. […] 
The diversity, innovation, and competitiveness of Canada’s healthcare industry – including pharmaceuticals, medtech and biotech, the provision of equipment and supplies, and the delivery of complex services – is a source of strength for the country. Health-related innovation drives exports, supports millions of jobs, and allows for the application of life-saving new drugs and technologies. […] 
From: Marcel Saulnier To: Healthcare observers Date: July 17, 2026 Re: Five Reasons Why Mark Carney Needs to Care About Healthcare The Carney government has moved quickly since taking office, tackling everything from trade diversification to industrial strategy. Yet one area where the Prime Minister has been noticeably silent is health care. That is understandable to a point. Canada is […]