“This isn’t about death and dying, this isn’t about fatal illness, this is about managing symptoms and improving the quality of life for chronic illnesses. Do we not owe it to ourselves to be able to have coping and treatment options for chronic illnesses?”
Read More“As the Federal Government of Canada unveils laudable strategies to combat climate change by replacing combustion engines with zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) as per the Paris Agreement, little consideration is given to grave environmental concerns and human right violations faced by Indigenous communities and rural farmers living in proximity to lithium mines in China and Chile. These poor villages pay an enormous price for electric vehicles imported into Canada.”
Read More“Chronic pain has been linked to mobility deficits, poor socioeconomic conditions, lack of access to healthcare and increased opioid dependence. These correlations have always existed, but the pandemic has shed light on and intensified these conditions. Canada desperately needs a national pain strategy.”
Read More“Both the federal and Alberta governments have realized the need for investment in the hydrogen economy. This goal alignment has opened up a policy window for the Government of Alberta to make the next call to action introducing the country’s first green income trust for investment in the hydrogen sector.”
Read More“As of late 2020, not a single tree was planted as part of the federal plan. That means there are nine years left to get to 2 billion. To put that big number into perspective, reaching 2 billion trees in nine years would require roughly 600,000 new trees per day if they started on January 1st, 2021. Not an easy feat.”
Read More“Many Canadians would agree that if their sexual partner had Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), they would want to know about it before consenting to sexual activity – the Canadian criminal law upholds this value. But what if I told you there was a 0% chance of you being infected by HIV, and a very high risk to your HIV positive partners’ safety if they made the difficult decision to disclose, would you feel the same way?”
Read More“Canada is at a policy crossroads. Climate change, shifting demographics, emerging political dynamics, and COVID-19 have caused governments and policy decision-makers to rethink the status quo. We want to think that those sharing their ideas have our collective best interests at heart, but how do we know that for sure?”
Read More“Poverty puts a massive strain on individuals and their families, and eventually, on public finances. In 2017, among persons with more severe disabilities, 38% had unmet needs due to costs not covered by their employment or government programs.”
Read More“In Alberta, public health orders have been updated many times following the advent of COVID-19. Nonetheless, the reference guide for PWD has been left to rot.”
Read More“Women have been continually underrepresented in the skilled trades workforce in Alberta. In 2019, 4,600 of the 44,000 registered apprentices were women, roughly equating to 10%.”
Read More“The federally chartered banks have become a major source of credit in Alberta providing some 80 percent of all loans, with 39 percent of their funding sourced from elsewhere through large national and international banking networks.”
Read More“During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have shifted to virtual care. Understanding clinicians’ experiences providing virtual services may help identify strategies to support the continued use of virtual care beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Read More“Social vulnerability is exacerbated when families are prevented from comprehensively accessing services needed for daily function.”
Read More“In the wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic, Canada will need to use every policy tool in its arsenal to service its massive levels of debt, support an ageing population, attract the best and brightest from around the world, retain influence and relevance on the world stage, and preserve its way of life for future generations of Canadians.”
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