Susan Martinuk

Susan Martinuk is a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the author of “Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-Care Crisis.”

On Wrong Behaviours Related to Drug Abuse, Why Can’t We Just Say ‘No?’

Commentary “Defining deviancy down” is a cultural philosophy that emerged in the United States during the 1990s. It ...

Viewpoints April 23, 2024
Are ‘Safe Supply’ Opioids Based More on Ideology Than Evidence?

Commentary Almost three years into the experimental opiate “safer supply” program in British Columbia and no one, including ...

Viewpoints March 29, 2024
Pharmacare Deal: What Happens When Health Care Is Reduced to Politics

Commentary A national pharmacare deal has been reached and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is proclaiming it to be ...

Viewpoints February 29, 2024
Hard to Find the Moral High Ground in BC’s Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers

Commentary The government of British Columbia is off on another lengthy legal boondoggle as it seeks to make ...

Viewpoints December 9, 2023
Safe Supply Programs Creating a Surge in New Opioid Users

Commentary How many doctors does it take to change a government policy killing young Canadians? Seventeen? Maybe. That’s ...

Viewpoints October 20, 2023
A Suicidal Patient Meets a Health-Care System With Little to Offer

Commentary For the past decade, activist groups have been spreading the news about the so-called "right to die" ...

Viewpoints September 7, 2023
Documentary Review: ‘Waiting to Die: Canada’s Health Care Crisis’

Commentary What’s wrong with Canadian health care? And how can we fix it? These are no longer just ...

Viewpoints September 1, 2023
The Opioid Crisis Reflects a Failure of Public Policy—It’s Time to Change Course

Commentary What is the end goal of a policy that deals with drug addiction? That’s the key question ...

Viewpoints July 5, 2023
Health-Care Innovation Will Be Key to Smith’s Success as Premier

Commentary It’s time to move on. The Alberta election is over: Danielle Smith is the premier and that ...

Viewpoints June 8, 2023
BC Cancer Patients Pay the Price for Government Inaction on Health Care

Commentary The dominos continue to fall in Canada’s rapidly imploding health-care system. This week, the spotlight is on ...

Viewpoints May 30, 2023
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-Care Solutions

Commentary The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves ...

Viewpoints May 4, 2023
There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care

Commentary For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, ...

Viewpoints April 16, 2023
More Than Money, Canadian Health Care Needs Leadership From All Sides

Commentary When the premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about health care with Prime ...

Viewpoints February 9, 2023
Canadian Health Care at a Crossroads

Commentary The week spanning July 10–17 was a revealing one for Canadian health care, and what we have ...

Viewpoints July 22, 2022