China: The Long Game

 Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye The Chinese Are Playing the Long Game in the Canada-China Free Trade Talks 冰冻三尺,非一日之寒  The Chinese have a saying  Bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yí rì zhī hán  - which literally translated means, Three feet of ice is not formed in a single day. When used

Universal Health Care – Chapter 2 – National Pharmacare: Canadian Health Coalition

 As Canadians, we tend to be rather proud of our public healthcare system, scoffing at our Southern neighbor’s patchwork solutions and their latest president’s attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act. However, the system we so often take for granted hasn’t been around for very long, and its developing stages

NAFTA re-negotiations may threaten Canada’s steps toward universal pharmacare

 By Ruth Lopert and Steve Morgan A “modernized NAFTA” has significant implications for many sectors of the economy -- and health care is one of them.  What’s at stake?  Canadians’ right to universal access to affordable medicines. When negotiating with the U.S. and Mexico, Canadian trade and health officials would

The 2015 Federal Election is a chance to put the disastrous Harper era behind us

 ABOVE: The Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper won a majority in the 2011 federal election. (PHOTO: CBC) By Paul R. Meinema After nine years of scandals and cynical policies from Stephen Harper's Conservative government, it is clear that Canadian voters have grown weary of the Conservatives' ideological, secretive, and