Canada’s universal health insurance system leads to the under-provision of disease prevention by consumers. This paper …

solely on substantive prohibitions and adversarial enforcement, regulation should centre on designing processes and systems … traditional regulation is in fact a shift away from regulation and public action to an era of devolution and deregulation; the …

Canada's restrictions on the role of private health insurance for publicly insured physician and hospital services are … unique among countries with universal, publicly funded health care systems. Pressure is mounting in Canada, however, to … access to the public system (e.g., by reducing wait times), and improve quality in the public system (through competition …

With today’s escalating demands for accountability, Canada’s academic-linked health policy centres are feeling pressure …

. Following this introduction, Part II explains that sector-specific regulation and competition law are complementary tools and … even in the presence of ex ante regulation, competition rules should continue to play a significant role. Ex ante … regulation and competition law are complements, not substitutes. Finally, Part V contains a short conclusion …

-price related competition issues that can arise in partially liberalised markets where some market segments are open to competition … access to formerly ‘captive customers’ in liberated markets is critical to enable competition. Similar concerns regarding …) and associated competition risks related to it.As a takeaway, this Opinion provides crucial guidance for network sectors …