Social mobility is the ability to climb the income ladder and move forward through effort and talent. When that chance disappears, trust in the value of hard work crumbles.

In 2024, over 1.2 million Canadians, nearly 1 in 13 ER visits, left without being treated. Crowding, long waits, and lack of options are pushing patients out. It’s time to expand access to health care beyond ERs.

ER wait times are rising across Canada. In Alberta, the average is 3h48—nearly an hour longer than 5 years ago. To fix this, why not expand urgent care centres and let doctors run them, like in France? We need better access and less red tape.

Quebec could have balanced its budget as early as 2023–24. Instead, the government fell into the ratchet effect trap—keeping pandemic-level spending. Now we face a record $13.6B deficit. It’s time to restore fiscal discipline.

Overcrowded ERs and growing waitlists are failing patients. A new poll shows most Canadians support faster care—even if it comes from private providers. It’s time to put patients first.

Ottawa says its deficit spending drives growth, but at what cost? After ramping the debt up to $1.4T, with $54B in annual interest, GDP per capita has inched up just 2.5% in a decade. Meanwhile, a recent inflation surge eroded wages, and young Canadians face a future burdened by debt. Was it worth it?

Canadians are not satisfied with their health care system Whether it’s the lack of family doctors, the long emergency room waits, or the months spent waiting for minor surgery, all of these symptoms indicate that things have to change.

The Trudeau government’s decision to raise Canadians’ capital gains tax bill threatens to exacerbate Canada’s productivity crisis, discouraging investment and stifling the potential of our skilled workforce.

Quebec patients really do have to be patient. In the Anna-Laberge hospital’s emergency room, a typical visit lasted 13 hours and 4 minutes last year. It would be quicker to hop on a flight to Paris and get treated at the hospital closest to the airport.

Since the Trudeau government took office in 2015, the number of federal public servants has increased by 38%, or 100,000 employees. Supporting a bureaucracy the size of Markham costs Canadians $60B a year. The time has come for Ottawa’s hiring spree to end.