Get Well Canada news & insights
-
Intergenerational Fairness Day 2024 wraps up a big year
New global, national and provincial commitments make 2024 a stand-out year for generational fairness. This Global Intergenerational Fairness Day, young and old Canadians alike should take pride in the progress we’ve made. Join us in marking the day on November 16.
Read more -
Fairness for every generation: more than an empty slogan, not yet a reality
This week, the United Nations enacted the Declaration on Future Generations, which obliges all nations to govern as Good Ancestors. To support its implementation here at home, Generation Squeeze prepared Canada’s first-ever Report Card on our federal government’s 2024 budget commitment to "Fairness for Every Generation."
Read more -
The world commits to protecting the wellbeing of present and future generations at the United Nations
Generation Squeeze had a unique opportunity this week to join world leaders at the United Nations in New York for a global milestone event — the adoption of the first ever Declaration on Future Generations. The Declaration affirms the responsibilities we collectively hold today to those who follow, calling on governments at all levels to “safeguard the needs and interests of future generations.”
Read more -
Generational fairness goes global at UN Summit of the Future
Generation Squeeze is bringing our generational fairness solutions to the first-ever United Nations' Summit of the Future in New York this September. Canada will join other world leaders to stand in solidarity with current and future generations by agreeing on a Pact for the Future and a Declaration for Future Generations.
Read more -
Ontario 2024 Budget burdens younger residents
The real fiscal signal in the 2024 budget is that the Ford government has a serious revenue problem, despite investing little to reduce unaffordability pressures. Provincial plans to restore a balanced budget by means of spending restraint and revenue from future economic growth is on shaky ground. Younger voters inherit more debt, but little help with major costs of living like postsecondary and housing. Here’s our take on why that is a bad generational deal.
Read more -
The Hub: Alberta budget doubles down on expensive health care strategy
Alberta’s 2024 budget ramps up funding for a medical care system that already spent more per person than in B.C. and Ontario, while achieving poorer health outcomes.
Read more -
The Hub: B.C. budget heralds new era in generational politics
Last week’s B.C. budget features a hard truth that, until now, had been swept under the carpet in the province and elsewhere across the country. Previous governments did not prepare adequately for the medical care Baby Boomers consume in retirement.
Read more -
Globe & Mail: Provinces harm family finances by playing politics with $10-a-day child care
Two years into the rollout of federal funding for $10-a-day child care, the plan still isn’t firing on all cylinders. But it isn’t a sign that the plan is broken. It signals that provinces are playing politics with federal funding rather than urgently reducing financial hardships facing young families.
Read more -
BC makes historic commitment to generational fairness in new budget
We're thrilled to announce pivotal progress in our journey towards a Canada that works for all ages. BC has made an unprecedented commitment to generational fairness in the province’s 2024 spending plan.
Read more -
More doctors alone can't cure our medical system
Canada actually has MORE doctors than ever — including more family physicians — even when we factor in population growth, according to a recent report from Get Well Canada.
Read more