As a trailblazer in politics, feminism is a through line of Monique Bégin’s story, and she advises young women who might feel like those battles are over against letting down their guards.
Tag Archives: Canada Health Act
Could Maxime Bernier kill universal health care?
The Tory leadership front runner’s plan to end federal funding of health care might be his biggest gamble
Incoming CMA chief Anna Reid on the health of Canada’s health care
Q&A: Dr. Anna Reid talks to Julia Belluz about inequality, the status of physicians and the need for the federal government to join the conversation
Q&A: Peggy Nash
On taxes, Quebec, and why the party doesn’t need to move to the centre
‘I am unequivocally opposed to user fees in health care’
In response to questions from me, a statement from Peggy Nash on health care and user fees.
The NDP and user fees
Colby has various questions for Peggy Nash in the wake of her comments about user fees during the Quebec City debate. The Quebec government proposed user fees in March 2010. Shortly thereafter, Jack Layton challenged the Prime Minister on the issue in the House.
NDP’s Nash: caught off guard on user fees?
Sorry, do I have this right? Peggy Nash is running for the NDP leadership…to the right of the Chrétien government on health care? In Sunday’s NDP debate, Paul Dewar asked Nash what she would do if the Quebec government introduced hospital user fees, as indeed it promised/threatened to do in its 2009 budget before eventually relenting. Nash’s answer, translated by the Star: “We hope that we want our health care system to be public, but really it’s a provincial jurisdiction [c’est une compétence provinciale], so it’s the decision of Quebecers.”
‘When you’ve said something, you’ve said it’
Further to this, Tim Naumetz finds a blurb from Stephen Harper’s past.
Stephen Harper and the Canada Health Act
Greetings from the Northwest Territories, where the Conservative and Liberal campaigns have come to debate Stephen Harper’s feelings for the Canada Health Act.
The Commons: One thing he can say for sure
The ultimate measure of a man is where he gets his health care