Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.

Canada must rapidly create, develop and deploy a politically independent and trusted pan-Canadian health information authority 'that has been informed by our infodemic health misinformation experience,' writes Senator Stan Kutcher.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

February 6, 2023

As federal, provincial, and territorial discussions on health care continue, one issue of paramount importance has received little if any public attention: the impact of health misinformation on health outcomes and functioning of health-care systems. Our experience of the pa...

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