Posts in Health & Social Policy
Can the Introduction of Private Dual Practice in Alberta Deliver Efficiency While Maintaining Universality?

“The private sector can only expand the system if it brings additional physicians, increases the productivity of existing physicians, and trains more future physicians. Drawing from the same pool of physicians currently serving the public system does not create or expand capacity; it simply shifts labour.”

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Conflicting Values, Policies and Politics: Housing Affordability and Residential Land Use Regulation in Calgary

“Decisions made in the short-term by all levels of governments will have long-term implications for the success of Canada’s major urban centres. Policymakers, therefore, must have the political will to take risks today and lead multiple stakeholders through the various short-term conflicts in order to generate the many long-term benefits that can be achieved through innovative land-use rules.”

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