In the draft budget for 2015 tabled by the City of Ottawa, one seemingly small but critical program is at risk: Healthy Babies Healthy Children. Launched by the province of Ontario and run by the Ottawa Board of Health, it is program on the proverbial chopping block that is worthy of national attention…

As Canada’s Premier’s meet in Prince Edward Island this week at the Council of the Federation, Canada’s intergovernmental relations agenda has rarely been this packed, with agreements on equalization, the Canada Health Transfer, and the Canada Social Transfer (CST) set to expire – in addition to existing work on energy, climate change, new developments in […]

Author: Aqsa Malik Release Date: May 22, 2013 Pages: 26 This paper was prepared as background material for the Canada 2020 event ‘Confronting the crisis in public health’ on May 28, 2013 in Ottawa, Canada. It was written by Aqsa Malik, who is finishing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia’s Brain […]