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Op-Ed
Published in The Hamilton Spectator on January 17, 2015 By: Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby  Åke Blomqvist is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University and Health Policy Scholar at the C.D. Howe Institute, where Colin Busby is a Senior Policy Analyst. Voucher-based cost-sharing system would tailor care to seniors’ needs The blocked hospital bed crisis in Hamilton —…
Op-Ed
The federal government announced last week that it has balanced its budget ahead of schedule. After a deficit of $5.2 billion in fiscal year 2013-14, Ottawa posted a surplus of $1.9-billion in 2014-15. Good news? Not everyone thinks so. Balancing the federal books has hurt Canada’s economy, said some critics. We even heard calls for a return to deficits. If asked, some of those critics might…