“I can look up online and track snow plows in real time, but I don't know which ambulance is in service. I don't know what the paramedic staffing level for Montreal is, but I can tell you where the snow plows are. There is something seriously skewed.” - ex-paramedic Hal Newman
July 15, 2024
COMMONS
WORK #2 – State of Emergency Rooms
Across Canada, emergency rooms have been shutting down, leaving desperate people in the lurch. And at the heart of this health care crisis, is a labour crisis.
March 27, 2024
Short Cuts
#853 The Indulgent Consultant
McKinsey is on everyone’s lips, but it’s just one of the many consulting firms the government is spending millions on. And as the provinces and federal government battle it out when it comes to healthcare, whose side are we supposed to be on? Nora Loreto co-hosts.
January 26, 2023
The Backbench
#55 Flatlining On Healthcare
January 10, 2023
Short Cuts
#805 Healthcare In Crisis
How many ways must healthcare break down before you can call it “collapsed”? And how can journalists be better supported when they receive threatening hate mail? Moira Wyton co-hosts with Jonathan Goldsbie.
August 11, 2022
“We felt like we were in The Handmaid’s Tale”
Canadian abortion advocates react to the impending reversal of Roe v. Wade
May 9, 2022
By CANADALAND
“A 20-year-old does not typically get symptoms of dementia”
Something is happening in New Brunswick, and the provincial government seems strangely reluctant to get to the bottom of it
January 17, 2022
By CANADALAND
“I die when I run out of money”
For some Canadians with disabilities and chronic illnesses, the government has made it easier to access assisted death than the supports they need to...
October 25, 2021
By Cherise Seucharan
CANADALAND
#723 The High Cost Of Living
Madeline, a BC woman who describes herself as being on a “death clock”, is one of many Canadians facing that choice. And legislators are now pushing for a further expansion of MAiD - while disability supports remain unchanged.
October 25, 2021
The Backbench
#10 Health Vs. Healthcare
The Liberals promised to inject 6-billion more dollars into our healthcare system last week, but will more money mean more healthcare? Meanwhile, regional federal parties have dropped their platforms with distinct climate plans, posing a possible threat to major parties.