Author: BC Policy Solutions
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🎬 How primary care can address the growing mental health crisis in BC
This is session 3 in our series on the Future of Primary Care in BC. We explore what it means to respond to the mental health crisis through primary care, rather than treating mental health as an “add-on” or separate system. We connect mental health to the social determinants of health and consider what primary…
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Budget analysis from around BC
While the provincial government frames BC Budget 2026 as a “stabilizing” plan, community groups and labour experts agree that this budget is a retreat from the public services we all rely on. We’ve rounded up responses and analyses from our partners, colleagues and allies across the province. They comment on the real-world impacts of the…
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🎬 Learning from Ontario’s success: creating a thriving not-for-profit primary care sector
This is session two in our 5-part series: The Future of Primary Care in BC. This session shares Ontario as a case study for building a more robust not-for-profit primary care sector.
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🎬 Watch: Making sense of BC Budget 2026 (budget briefing)
Amid mounting pressures on public services, an unrelenting affordability crisis and significant economic uncertainty, the BC budget was widely expected to be an austerity budget—with government messaging signalling ahead of time sharp cuts to public services, health care and supports for families and seniors. In this session, our speakers share their analysis of this year’s…
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🎬 The not-for-profit advantage: a better future for primary care in BC
This is the first session in our 5-part series: The Future of Primary Care in BC. Session 1 — The not-for-profit advantage: a better future for primary care in BC introduces the core argument of the series: why primary care works better when it is team-based, community-governed and not-for-profit. The panelists examine what these models…
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The future of primary care in BC
This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that are responsive to local community’s needs.
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The future of primary care in BC
This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that are responsive to local community’s needs.
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