Metastasis: The Rise of The Cancer-Industrial Complex and The Horizons of Care by Nafis Hasan (Common Notions Press, 2025) In his recent book, Metastasis: The…
Canada is known for its promise of universal healthcare. Its public health system is able to provide care at no cost to many of the…
Doug Ford has yet another pre-election healthcare promise. In 2018 it was “ending hallway medicine,” in 2022 it was “unprecedented hospital capacity,” and now it…
On July 8, dozens attended a barbecue hosted by members of CUPE 3224 to show their solidarity with the workers, who are in collective bargaining with their employer.
Kerian Burnett is a 42-year-old Jamaican mother of six and grandmother of two. She arrived in Nova Scotia in April 2022 to work on a…
Healthcare funding for the uninsured is an important step towards healthcare for all, and needs to be defended and expanded. Challenging these cuts helps build solidarity with the uninsured, promotes migrant justice, and supports public healthcare.
The public healthcare system is in crisis, with hospitals that are both overcrowded and understaffed. Governments are pushing privatization but their cure will make the…
Ford claims that public healthcare is failing of its own accord and that privatization will clear the backlog, complement public healthcare, relieve the pressure on healthcare workers, and support patient health and choice at no cost. But these are all myths that will lead to the further erosion of public healthcare, costing resources and lives.
The national disgraces of LTC deaths and other COVID-19 inequities are rooted in the disgraces of genocide and slavery on which this nation was built, and which are perpetuated through prisons, police, borders and carceral policies
Two medical professionals who have been raising the alarm on pandemic profiteering are Amie Varley and Sarah Fung. Nurses by training, they’ve started a podcast called The Gritty Nurse, where they examine healthcare practice and policy from an inside perspective.
As we mourn the loss of frontline workers, we need to fight for all workers living through the same conditions by taking the profit out of healthcare and providing paid sick days for all.
To maximize the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine it has to be universally accessible
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