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Alberta Teachers Association protest
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AICHELE / WITTEVRONGEL: Parents want academics, Alberta teachers want activism

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Inside the ATA’s professional training agenda that’s turning public schools into laboratories for ideology instead of learning.
The Alberta government announced April 7 it would change the way hospitals are paid, to encourage faster service for clients
Opinion

KELLY-GAGNON and WITTEVRONGEL: Finally, a money incentive for Alberta hospitals to pick up the pace on surgery

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
'So-called 'activity-based funding' encourages hospitals to do more, to earn more.'
Many provincially-regulated activities, trucking among them, are governed by different rules according to the province involved. Writer Krystle Wittevrongel highlights a new Nova Scotia law which if adopted cross-country, could change all that
Opinion

WITTEVRONGEL: If you're qualified in one province, you should be good anywhere

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
'Nova Scotia just might hold the key to freeing up interprovincial trade.'
Universal care does not have to mean government care, writes Krystle Wittevrongel, Director of Research at the Montreal Economic Institute. In fact, according to an Ipsos poll last years, more than half of Canadians support private health care
Opinion

WITTEVRONGEL: In Canada, 'the doctor will NOT see you now' — and it's a problem

Western Standard Guest Columnist
3 min read
Fixing Canadian health care means acknowledging that a universal system can include private as well as public providers
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