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Opinion: England’s Michaela model offers education lessons for Canada Original
Skip to Content Students at a London, U.K. school that has gone back to basics get results rivalling those of peers at England's most famous private schools The example of Michaela Community School in the U.K. demonstrates the importance of traditional approaches to instruction and discipline, values generally supported by most Canadian parents “Hooray!!” That was the one-word tweet from Katharine Birbalsingh, “Britain’s strictest headmistress,” as students at the Michaela Community School,...
Ottawa should cheer, not impede, Canada’s much-needed health-care reform
Commentary 2 September 2026 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith makes a health-care announcement in Calgary, July 27, 2026. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Canada’s dual-practice debate needs a dose of common sense Table of Contents Alberta is proposing dual-practice legislation for physicians to work in both public and private settings. The federal health minister has expressed concerns about the compatibility of this proposal with the Canada Health Act.
Opinion: Canada's hospitals do poorly in online reviews
Our new paper for SecondStreet.org finds that in reviews they post with Google, Canadians give the country's major hospitals an average score of just 2.88 stars out of five. Many of us would take a pass on a restaurant with such a low score, but we often have no choice when it comes to our hospitals. We looked at nearly 9,000 comments left by patients on Google Maps reviews for 84 major hospitals, with each having at least 30 reviews.
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