As other countries cut public health funding, Canada can lead in lung health

Canada should support a landmark WHO resolution addressing the alarming rise in both communicable and non-communicable respiratory diseases.

Canadian lung charities have solutions worth sharing, but what’s missing is a clear commitment to making lung health a priority at home, write Jessica Buckley and Jeffrey Beach. Unsplash photograph by Robina Weermeijer

Opinion

BY JESSICA BUCKLEY, JEFFREY BEACH

May 14, 2025

As leaders of two of Canada’s top lung health charities, we are calling on our federal government to seize a pivotal opportunity: taking the lead in supporting a landmark World Health Organization resolution,

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