Big federal cuts coming to the public service — affecting everything from EI to public health David breaks it down #cdnpoli

Tune in at 10:15 PT / 1:15 ET to hear me talk with @redeyeradio.bsky.social about Alberta’s move to rip apart Canadian medicare by introducing a private health insurance market for all basic health care under the Canada Health Act. #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli

‘When are you going to get pregnant?’ Becoming actual policy www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev

"The Manitoba government’s efforts to phase out for-profit staffing agencies is the right move. For-profit staffing agencies create a cycle of parasitic dependence by hollowing out the public sector workforce." @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #mbpoli healthydebate.ca/2026/02/topi...

"Reforms" to ICE, like requiring judicial warrants for arrests, are not enough. This administration has made it clear that they have no intention of abiding by the law. Anything short of stripping funding from this tyrannical agency is failure by Congress. https://bit.ly/4btALBD

Saturday | 10:15 Researcher Andrew Longhurst joins us to talk about Alberta’s amendments to provincial health care legislation and the dangers they pose to Medicare in Canada. @alonghurst.bsky.social @poliscirish.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #canPoli

Another day, another stop on our public health care townhall tour!✅ Last night we joined Dr. @pfparks.bsky.social & local family physician Dr. Tessa Penrod in Beaumont, where community members showed up to tell stories & voice concerns about the direction Alberta's health care is headed in.

Coming up February 18 at 12pm EST. Free Webinar about Alberta's Bill 11, which is opening the door to private, for-profit health and putting Canada’s universal public health care system at risk. Sign up below! @policyalternatives.ca us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney, accusing the federal government of creating inequities through a “fractured” approach to national pharmacare, as the fate of the program appears unclear. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

ICYMI The Alberta govt claims that its health care changes mirror other provinces & countries My new @policyalternatives.ca/Parkland Institute report with @poliscirish.bsky.social busts this myth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @picardonhealth.bsky.social @avisfavaro.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli

“We’re at a point in this country in Canada where we have the largest white nationalist movement that has ever existed in this country’s history.” Yikes. Great reporting from @jenstden.bsky.social tho #bcpoli #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations. They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

New report from me + @poliscirish.bsky.social Bill 11 brings US-style two-tier health care system with a private health insurance market for care covered under the Canada Health Act It appears that the insurance industry ITSELF has shaped the legislation www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"Democracy & justice in Alberta are being threatened. Alberta is being abused by its own government much the same way the United States of America is being abused by its current president." Over 180 Lawyers have penned an open letter calling out Smith's attack on the law. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

"Policy should be based on evidence and data, not anecdotes, Lapointe said." via @thetyee.ca & @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

BIG UPDATE: Francisco’s lawyer Yanni Nicolidakis-Mustafa says "BC Cancer has agreed to treat Francisco on an urgent basis… He is still waiting for a bed to open up for him, but they have taken note of the urgency of the matter and are moving quickly to get him into treatment.” @thetyee.ca Impact!!!

Here’s how we can improve (and speed up) health-care access in Canada. It has nothing to do with private companies like Telus Health

VIDEO: What are the latest stats on hallway health care? That’s not public anymore

🚨CONFLICT of INTEREST🚨 Alberta's BILL 11 shifts care to PRIVATE, FOR-PROFIT centres ...where facilities & clinicians EARN MORE The RESULT? ⤵️workers in the PUBLIC system ⤴️Public waits ⤴️Pressure to PAY UP for sooner service @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Alcohol bottles have NO warning labels. Not ONE WORD about serving sizes, calories or health harms Information saves lives …so how long will government policy take to catch up? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

“Nicolidakis-Mustafa said Barahona went to Surrey Memorial Hospital on Saturday because the cancer had eaten a hole through the skin and bone of his arm. “But the hospital refused to treat Barahona unless he paid his previous bills, Nicolidakis-Mustafa said.” #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Still moving: How a Cranbrook program is helping seniors avoid falls by staying active and social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Most English-language coverage of Spain's new platform law focuses on banning children from social media. The bigger story is that they will begin holding companies (and executives) legally responsible for publishing illegal content & criminalize algorithmic manipulation that boosts it. Good news!

What kind of society treats dying people with deportation instead of care? This is where fear-based and dehumanizing rhetoric and policies on immigration lead and it's a total indictment of our political system. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02... #bcpoli #cdnpoli #StatusForAll #NoOneIsIllegal

Among many concerning findings, this polling finds that British Columbians have the greatest challenge accessing diagnostic tests BC has run a mini-experiment in two-tier access by allowing private-pay diagnostic imaging, contrary to the Canada Health Act #bcpoli angusreid.org/health-care-...

Clearly, with this move, the Ontario government wants us to have less, not more, information about the state of public health care I don't think we'll be seeing adding additional measures like staff vacancy rates and public spending on for-profit agencies any time soon #onpoli

Public health care benefits employers by removing a significant cost to them—but Alberta’s two-tier legislation risks changing that #cdnpoli #abpoli www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...

Hugely important issue!! "As we watch in horror the assault on knowledge and science in the United States—the assault on truth—cuts at Statistics Canada send precisely the wrong message. We urge you to reverse course." #cdnpoli

We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus. But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.

Canadian Bar Association speaks out against Smith's judicial appointment demands nationalnewswatch.com/2026/02/05/c...

We are now facing the largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States over a quarter-century ago. The science is clear: vaccines are the best way to protect against measles. The NIH Director admits it. Why won’t RFK, Jr.?

Bessent Admits U.S. Has Lost 72,000 Manufacturing Jobs Since Trump's Tariff Announcement www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Open letter to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, minister responsible for Statistics Canada www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnpoli

Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... #onpoli

ICYMI @davidmaccdn.bsky.social offered his analysis on the GST rebate, which will lift 170 thousand Canadians above the poverty line. "...[it] will have a measurable impact... And the provinces can do their part, offering a rebate on provincial sales taxes." www.cpac.ca/primetime-po...

In the report, researchers @alonghurst.bsky.social and @poliscirish.bsky.social say Bill 11 may violate the Canada Health Act, marking the beginning of U.S.-style health care in Canada #abpoli #cdnpoli calgary.citynews.ca/2026/02/04/a...

There’s lots to unpack here A few reasons: More public $ going to for-profit providers where there is poor value for money Prov govs haven’t shifted away from the small business model of primary care that is failing us across the country— primary care must be the foundation of our health system

The quiet commercialization of primary care records healthydebate.ca/2026/01/topi...

People with no other options turning to private clinics, says rural health critic

I’ll be on the Shaye Ganam Show (880 CHED in Edmonton and QR 770 in Calgary) at 1030am MT / 1230 ET Tune in to hear me discuss Alberta‘s new two-tier healthcare legislation, and what it means for the rest of Canada globalnews.ca/radio/880che... #abpoli #cdnpoli @policyalternatives.ca

breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-... ‘The cuts to this program are not happening within a vacuum. They are taking place in a broader context of heightened anti-immigration rhetoric and policies like Bill C-12 that will make it easier for people to lose their status and be deported.’

I’m THRILLED to be joining the CCPA and launching a brand new health policy desk! #bcpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #abpoli #skpoli

"We are at a crucial societal juncture for artificial intelligence. And to arrive at an AI-saturated world that actually serves the public interest, we need a clear-eyed view of what artificial intelligence is and is not." My latest with Rachel Pettigrew: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Alberta doctors say the provincial government’s decision to broaden parental and guardian access to their children’s medical records could put youth at risk of harm and infringes on their privacy www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

As #virtualcare becomes increasingly embedded in health systems, our lit review attempts to map the evidence on private sector ownership and control of virtual care platforms. Bottom line: evidence gaps on quality, privacy, and health system impact Project led by Sheryl Spithoff, in @bmj.com Open

"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You'd never know this by the media cycle

The Alberta government is trying to downplay the dangers of Bill 11 But if we open the door to two-tier health care & the multi-trillion dollar American health care industry, it will be next to impossible to close again. Albertans deserve public health care! medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...