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Canadian Medical Association
Cause - advocates on behalfs of its members, and public access to high - quality
Consequence - ensures survival for canadas medicare system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Medical_Association -
Great Depression
Cause - a decline in the worlds economy
Consequences - tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25% and in some countries rose as high as 33% - (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression -
Saskatchewan Doctor strike
Cause - 23-day labour action exercised by medical doctors in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in an attempt to force the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Saskatchewan to rescind its program of universal medical insurance - (wiki)
Consequence - 90% of provincial doctors offices shut down -
Canadian Health Act
Causes - for federal funding from the Canada Health and Social Transfer
Consequence - sets condition for insured health care http://canadians.org/healthcare/documents/Canada_Health_Act.pdf -
Canada Health and Social transfer
Cause - a system of block transfer payments from the federal government to the provincial government to pay for health care
Consequence - reduced federal visibility and transparency in these fields and diminished provincial accountability - odette mador http://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/CIR/952-e.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_and_Social_Transfer
