The good folks at The Fraser Institute recently put out an interesting bet, right here, on the Huffington Post. After publishing their latest instalment of international health care systems, the authors seem sold on travel as a means of enlightenment. If only Canadians could get an airplane ticket...

The death toll from the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh now stands at over 350 people. The footage of young children holding up pictures of their missing mothers is heart wrenching. And in its aftermath, there too was a manhunt for the owners...

"There is genuine anguish and suffering. But madness can sometimes be a legitimate response to an unjust society." -- Geoffrey Reaume

It's one of those quotes you have to take a pencil out for and underline freehand. By the time I got to the end of the...

This past week, a small family-owned medical facility just outside Toronto, the Shouldice Hospital, catapulted to the centre of the public-private debate in Canadian health care. Hernia repair, regarded as a relatively routine surgical procedure, is what the clinic built its sterling reputation upon. Even Atul Gawande, Harvard surgeon and...

The Canadian Medical Association's 145th annual meeting is taking place this week. In one of the most anticipated proceedings in recent memory, the who's who of health policy will be gathering in Yellowknife. Yes, Yellowknife. And with the mantra of the meeting being health equity, there may have...

Basketball imposed my first patient experience in the American health care system. A loose ball and flying elbow saw me to an x-ray machine and a consult with a respected surgeon in New York City. The wait at the hospital was long. CNN blazed through the speakers and the only...

At our country's most visible cultural event last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose to describe Canada as a "great country rising." With the economic indicators of his choice, he is certainly not wrong. Yet the rising tide has not been lifting all boats, and the political will...