In February 2020, the Alberta government announced it would spend $400 million outsourcing surgeries to for-profit facilities in the province through its then brand-new Alberta Surgical Initiative (ASI). The stated promise of the ASI was simple: with more providers in play, surgery numbers would go up and wait times would sink to tolerable levels. Read More
Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action
PERO studio/Shutterstock Animal diseases have a devastating impact on livestock production. In 2022, for example, 131 million domestic poultry died or were culled as a…

