Senior researcher & political economist @policyalternatives.ca
Health services, public finance, care economy, privatization, policy solutions
SFU PhD candidate. Views mine
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/andrew-longhurst/
Loading...
Ebola testing stalled in three Congo labs due to shortages, says WHO reut.rs/43WMV0O
Clearly the answer is proportional representation! *ducks*
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
This is a great book and the clearest possible summary of where Mark Carney's political program comes from and where it leads.
Yet another war crime...
www.ft.com/content/155d...
ACTION ALERT: Alberta's Bill 11 would let doctors charge whatever they want for medically necessary health care. Wealthy patients pay for faster health care. Everyone else waits longer.
⬇️ It takes just 30 seconds to send a message to Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging her to stop this!
Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away in poorer parts of England by London councils.
Social cleansing in our times.
Families torn from communities.
Recipient areas unable to provide jobs, schools, GPs, hospitals, public services.
Problems caused by lack of social housing.
Reuters
Stewart Prest
Just listening to CBC On the Coast…the Vancouver FIFA committee is doing gymnastics trying to defend the absurd cost of hosting this event & the fact that few tickets are sold!
What a massive boondoggle - and privatization of public wealth!
#bcpoli
It’s the centre-right/right, to be sure
The political spectrum has moved to the right in BC
B.C.’s home support co-payment model creates barriers to accessing care, said Jeff Moss, executive director of the Jewish Seniors Alliance of British Columbia.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...
#bcpoli
Washington says its jets targeted air defence and radar sites after Iranian forces downed American helicopter
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is still growing rapidly. There are now 635 confirmed cases including 127 deaths.
That's 37 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, all of them from Ituri province.
insp.cd/sitrep-n26-m...
The BC Liberal Party was rebranded as BC United in 2023 under Kevin Falcon in a rebranding effort that confused and drove away supporters
