Many other countries with universal health insurance allow so-called duplicate insurance to ease pressure on the public system.

Ford’s plan to involve privately owned and operated facilities in delivering care within Ontario’s universal health system builds on well-documented success stories.

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Is changing a Quebecer’s bandage very different from changing a Manitoban’s?

Au Royaume-Uni, en Suède et en Australie, pour ne nommer que quelques exemples, un marché existe pour une assurance médicale dite duplicative, qui donne un accès aux options de traitement privé, même si ces traitements sont couverts par le système gouvernemental.

Allowing insurers to offer so-called duplicate health insurance policies to their Quebec clients would help reduce wait times, according to this new study published by the Montreal Economic Institute.

Au lieu de montrer du doigt les acheteurs étrangers pour les prix inabordables des résidences, nous devrions plutôt parler de la source du problème.

Instead of blaming on foreign buyers for unaffordable housing, we should be talking about the source of the problem: the many obstacles put in place.

The federal government recently announced its intention to force car manufacturers to boost sales of electric vehicles to at least 20 per cent of their Canadian business starting in 2023.