Category Archives: Regulation

Indian medicine

(October 30, 2002) Richmond, B.C. has the healthiest people in Canada, Statistics Canada reports. “Life expectancy in Richmond is the highest in the country, at 81.2 years.” Unless you’re an Indian. Continue reading

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Health and the city

(October 2, 2002) The farther we live from cities, the sicker we are and the sooner we die, Statistics Canada revealed in a series of recently released reports. The closer we live to cities, the healthier we are. Continue reading

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The city after 9/11

(September 11, 2002) Sept. 11, 2001, unleashed a momentous, urgent debate over the future of homeland security and an equally momentous, if less urgent, debate over the future of the city. Continue reading

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Return of the ‘zombie’

(August 7, 2002) It is regrettable that Rise of a ‘Zombie’ (July 31), Lawrence Solomon’s response to our peer-reviewed paper analyzing medical savings accounts in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (July 23), resorted to ad hominem attacks rather than dealing with the real policy issues raised. Continue reading

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Medical Savings Accounts live

(August 7, 2002) In a sound publicly funded medical savings account system, Canadians would recieve annual health allowances based on their age and sex as well as their medical condition. Continue reading

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