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Submitted by Laura.Bouchard onHow the Supreme Court got the 'free the beer' ruling exactly backwards: Financial Post Op-Ed
Now that some time has passed since the surprising Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Comeau case, it’s worth reflecting on some of the concepts enunciated in that judgment in upholding New Brunswick’s ban on cross-border beer imports.
The central issue in that case, of course, was whether Section 121 of the Constitution was breached by the New Brunswick law under which Mr. Comeau was charged. Section 121 says: “All Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any one of the Provinces shall . . . be admitted free into each of the other Provinces.”
Inside Access: Filling the cavities: Improving the efficiency and equity of Canada’s dental care system
Submitted by rivory@cdhowe.org onThe government programs that currently exist in Canadian dental care are limited in scope and private coverage is far from universal. Join this call to hear Professor Åke Blomqvist argue the case for an expanded government role in financing dental care in Canada.
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Address Low Vaccination Rates Posing Health Hazard on Adult Canadians
April 26, 2018 – Despite clinical evidence showing the value of immunization, vaccination rates among adult Canadians are dangerously low, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Not Just for Kids: How to Improve Adult Vaccination Uptake in Canada,” author Colin Busby suggests creating formal approaches for improved adult immunization uptake.