Let’s have an adult conversation about how to improve Canadian health care

Canada needs a clearly laid-out strategy to address the silver tsunami and increasing costs of health care.

The World Health Organization considers France to have the best health outcomes from its universal system—yet its system consists of 24 per cent privatized services, writes Conservative health critic Marilyn Gladu.Photograph courtesy of Chris Sampson

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MARILYN GLADU

November 14, 2018

It’s important to look to the future needs of the health-care system and ensure that the plans of today meet the demands to come. Canada has an aging population. One in six citizens is a senior today, a figure that within 10 years is predicted to be closer to one in four. An aging population mean...

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