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1 Jun 24

Walking with Giants: How Economic Thought and Policy Evolves

This lecture was delivered by Armine Yalnizyan, recipient of the 2023 Galbraith Prize in Economics, on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Toronto Metropolitan University. The prize was presented by the Progressive Economics Forum and delivered at the annual meeting of the Canadian Economics Association.

28 Mar 23

An Ontario doctor’s wait-list database is saving patient lives

While it hasn’t added supply to the system, it has made the supply visible, shortening wait times for patients lucky enough to know what their options are.

21 Feb 23

In health care it is not privatization to fear, it’s profitization

We are told to welcome, not fear, more for-profit care; that more care is the cure for what ails us. This claim is neither new nor true.

13 Feb 23

Why isn’t Canada using centralized health care wait-lists?

We’ve got the tools to fix health care problems. What we’re missing is the political will.

16 Aug 22

Provinces need to have a plan for health care funding — or they shouldn’t get the money

Provinces want $28 billion more from the feds for health care. Before they get a penny, they should detail how they’ll use the infusion to buy change.

25 Jul 22

Where is your ER doctor? Cleaning the rooms; there’s no one else there to do it

Not only is there no plan to fix this ER doctor’s light bulb, reboot his computer system or clean his examination room so he can do his job, there is no plan to fix health care, period.

4 Jul 22

If getting your child-care rebate seems like a mess, that’s because it is

With no overarching strategy or system for tackling this ambitious project, municipalities are scrambling to get things moving.

20 Jun 22

‘Laura’s’ story of what’s happening in nursing is a warning to us all

Burned-out nurses are quitting and turning to temp agencies — setting their hours, choosing assignments, earning far more — and sounding the alarm.

11 Apr 22

Deficit is not a dirty word

Tackling the affordability crisis in Canada shouldn’t stop us from also spending big on climate change and defence. Because as an economic superpower we can, we must.

14 Mar 22

Two years into the pandemic, here’s why Ontario behind on the progress the rest of the country has made

An as-yet unsigned child-care deal; the ongoing she-cession; labour shortages; gig work; record inflation. It’s been a tumultuous two years. Where will we go from here?