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Taxi Driver Syndrome

Behind-the-scenes immigration changes are creating new problems on top of old ones

Liberal Interpretations

Making sense of Justin Trudeau and his party

The Empathy Paradox: What #MeToo Misses

What even a post-Weinstein conversation is not saying about sexual assault

Charles J. Wright

Charles J. Wright is a healthcare consultant based in Toronto. From 1999 to 2007, he was Scientific Officer of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, after a career in surgery, teaching, research and administration at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia.

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Charles J. Wright

Too Much Health Care

We can’t afford life’s creeping medicalization November 2009
The general health of the population today must be considered one of the greatest marvels of human civilization and ingenuity. Pregnant women no longer have to dread the 10 percent risk of death at childbirth that used to be usual; a newborn in Canada today can expect to live 80 years; death related to childhood infections is now…