Canada Health Act

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.

The Tory leadership front runner’s plan to end federal funding of health care might be his biggest gamble

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

On taxes, Quebec, and why the party doesn’t need to move to the centre

In response to questions from me, a statement from Peggy Nash on health care 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.

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.”

Further to this, Tim Naumetz finds a blurb from Stephen Harper’s past.

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 ultimate measure of a man is where he gets his health care

In a series of speeches today from Caroyln Bennett, Hedy Fry and Ujjal Dosanjh, the Liberals are laying out the parameters of their health care agenda.