Canada health care system

Long wait times in Canada's health-care system have Canadians worried they won’t receive life-saving treatment when they need it, a new government report has found. The shortcomings of Canada's publicly-funded ...

Commentary In my last column of the year, I consigned 2023 to the trash can of history with ...

The number of Canadians waiting for health care, including surgeries, to see specialists, or to receive diagnostic scans, ...

Over 17,000 patients died before they could be treated with surgery or diagnostic scans, a new report says.

A cardiology clinic in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, has opted out of the publicly funded heath-care system ...

The B.C. government has dismissed calls for further scrutiny of the contentious Bill 36 despite growing political opposition ...

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

The federal government is prepared to increase federal health-care transfers to the provinces to over $196 billion over ...

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says there's "lots of work" to be done yet before the federal government can ...

Commentary Year-end interviews with politicians are often fluffy affairs. Leaders tend to pick friendly journalists and sit down ...

Commentary No premier in living memory has had the courage to take the political gamble of pursuing systemic ...

The federal government is expected to table a long-awaited plan to improve access to diabetes treatment and prevention ...

Commentary In New Brunswick, 74,000 people are on a waiting list trying to find a family doctor, while ...