From: Will FalkTo: Canadian Healthcare ObserversDate: April 1, 2025Re: No Backsliding, Please, on Virtual Care In 2021, I wrote a report for Health Canada, arguing that virtual care was no longer an emergency measure – it was a core part of modern healthcare. Before COVID-19, fewer than 3 percent of ambulatory visits were virtual. At the peak of […]
From: Will Falk and Rosalie WyonchTo: Canadian health policy watchers Date: February 27, 2025Re: Should Ontario residents be allowed to opt out of primary care? In healthcare discussions, a fundamental yet often overlooked question is: Should people have the option to go without a primary care provider? Canada prides itself on individual freedoms, yet other […]
To: Healthcare observersFrom: Tingting ZhangDate: February 21, 2025Re: Quebec’s Bill 83 Risks Worsening the Healthcare Crisis In response to the growing exodus of doctors from Quebec’s public healthcare system, the government has introduced Bill 83, which requires new physicians to work in public institutions for their first five years or face daily fines ranging from […]
 In 2018, Doug Ford promised to end overcrowding in hospitals so that patients aren’t relegated to hallways and other unconventional areas. Each party leader during this election has pledged considerable health care spending. Including more primary care doctors, and additional beds. But there may not be a one-size-fits-all solution.
Canada ranks 15th on the world happiness index in 2024, down 10 places from 2015. For those below age 30, Canada ranked 58th, while for those over age 60, it ranked 8th. The only countries with a worse decline in young people’s happiness – comparing 2006-2010 to 2021-2023 – are Jordan, Venezuela, Lebanon and Afghanistan. […]
To:Â Concerned CanadiansFrom:Â Rosalie Wyonch and Mawakina Bafale Date:Â February 10, 2025Re: The Kids Are Not All Right and Neither Is Anybody Else Canada ranks 15th on the world happiness index in 2024. This sounds pretty good until you compare it to 10 years ago when we were fifth. The results are more dismal for young people. For […]
To: Healthcare watchersFrom: Tingting ZhangDate: February 6, 2025Re: The Choice Facing Canada’s Healthcare System Canada’s healthcare system is facing a sobering diagnosis. In a recent international comparison of 10 wealthy nations – Germany, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Sweden – Canada ranked ninth, outperforming only the United […]
Canada’s healthcare system must continue to evolve, according to Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland. On our latest episode, Minister Holland joins host Michael Hainsworth and the C.D. Howe Institute Associate Director of Research Rosalie Wyonch to discuss the Minister’s recent Canada Health Act interpretation letter and more.
Canada’s healthcare system must continue to evolve, according to Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland. On our latest episode, Minister Holland joins host Michael Hainsworth and the C.D. Howe Institute Associate Director of Research Rosalie Wyonch to discuss the Minister’s recent Canada Health Act interpretation letter and more.
From: Will Falk and Rosalie Wyonch To: Canadian Healthcare Observers Date: January 8, 2025 Re: Conceptualizing Primary Care as a Public Education System Jane Philpott’s recent health policy book outlines a vision for providing primary care access to everyone using the metaphor of the public primary education system. The concept is seductive, but primary care and primary education have […]
Note: According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the benchmark wait times are 16 weeks (112 days) for cataract surgeries and 26 weeks (182 days) for hip and knee replacements. Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada — Data Tables. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2024. In 2023, wait times […]
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From: Will FalkTo: Canadian Healthcare ObserversDate: April 1, 2025Re: No Backsliding, Please, on Virtual Care In 2021, I wrote a report for Health Canada, arguing that virtual care was no longer an emergency measure – it was a core part of modern healthcare. Before COVID-19, fewer than 3 percent of ambulatory visits were virtual. At the peak of […] 
From: Will Falk and Rosalie WyonchTo: Canadian health policy watchers Date: February 27, 2025Re: Should Ontario residents be allowed to opt out of primary care? In healthcare discussions, a fundamental yet often overlooked question is: Should people have the option to go without a primary care provider? Canada prides itself on individual freedoms, yet other […] 
To: Healthcare observersFrom: Tingting ZhangDate: February 21, 2025Re: Quebec’s Bill 83 Risks Worsening the Healthcare Crisis In response to the growing exodus of doctors from Quebec’s public healthcare system, the government has introduced Bill 83, which requires new physicians to work in public institutions for their first five years or face daily fines ranging from […] 
 In 2018, Doug Ford promised to end overcrowding in hospitals so that patients aren’t relegated to hallways and other unconventional areas. Each party leader during this election has pledged considerable health care spending. Including more primary care doctors, and additional beds. But there may not be a one-size-fits-all solution. 
Canada ranks 15th on the world happiness index in 2024, down 10 places from 2015. For those below age 30, Canada ranked 58th, while for those over age 60, it ranked 8th. The only countries with a worse decline in young people’s happiness – comparing 2006-2010 to 2021-2023 – are Jordan, Venezuela, Lebanon and Afghanistan. […] 
To:Â Concerned CanadiansFrom:Â Rosalie Wyonch and Mawakina Bafale Date:Â February 10, 2025Re: The Kids Are Not All Right and Neither Is Anybody Else Canada ranks 15th on the world happiness index in 2024. This sounds pretty good until you compare it to 10 years ago when we were fifth. The results are more dismal for young people. For […] 
To: Healthcare watchersFrom: Tingting ZhangDate: February 6, 2025Re: The Choice Facing Canada’s Healthcare System Canada’s healthcare system is facing a sobering diagnosis. In a recent international comparison of 10 wealthy nations – Germany, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Sweden – Canada ranked ninth, outperforming only the United […] 
Canada’s healthcare system must continue to evolve, according to Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland. On our latest episode, Minister Holland joins host Michael Hainsworth and the C.D. Howe Institute Associate Director of Research Rosalie Wyonch to discuss the Minister’s recent Canada Health Act interpretation letter and more. 
Canada’s healthcare system must continue to evolve, according to Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland. On our latest episode, Minister Holland joins host Michael Hainsworth and the C.D. Howe Institute Associate Director of Research Rosalie Wyonch to discuss the Minister’s recent Canada Health Act interpretation letter and more. 
How does Canada’s healthcare system stack up against other countries? And how do our provinces and territories compare to each other? 
From: Will Falk and Rosalie Wyonch To: Canadian Healthcare Observers Date: January 8, 2025 Re: Conceptualizing Primary Care as a Public Education System Jane Philpott’s recent health policy book outlines a vision for providing primary care access to everyone using the metaphor of the public primary education system. The concept is seductive, but primary care and primary education have […] 
Note: According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the benchmark wait times are 16 weeks (112 days) for cataract surgeries and 26 weeks (182 days) for hip and knee replacements. Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada — Data Tables. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2024. In 2023, wait times […]