A decade ago, Canadian Government scientists invented a vaccine against Ebola virus (VSV-ZEBOV). 1 That vaccine is based on a live attenuated vesicular stomatitis virus, and has several known advantages over the other vaccine candidates in clinical trials: first, in animals one inoculation...

On 1 April 2013, the premiers of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments, under the auspices of the Council of the Federation, achieved a breakthrough agreement to lower the price to be paid for 6 costly generic medicines (amlodipine, atorvastatin, omeprazole, rabeprazole, ramipril,...

Once widely supported, the "war on drugs" has become increasingly controversial, as the political realization sinks in that it has wrought more harm than good. The Global Commission on Drug Policy, a collection of eminent former heads of state, businesspersons, and diplomats, bluntly declares...