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Alice Through the Looking Glass: Standing Up For the Future of Medicare
The Honourable Roy J. Romanow,P.C., in a keynote address to the RNAO Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2004, spoke about the need for action to address the future of Canada's healthcare system. In this speech, Romanow talks about sustainability as the availability of a balanced measure of resources, services and evolving needs; he also talks about healthcare as a "public good" that is overwhelmingly supported by Canadians. He calls on all levels of government especially Ottawa to show leadership for reform. Romanow closes with a reference to his work with the Atkinson Foundation in the development of a Canadian Index of Wellbeing that will measure and report regularly on the things that matter in terms of our health and wellbeing.

Waging War over Wait Times - Will Canadians Win?
Armine Yalnizyan, economist and first recipient of the Economic Justice Award and Dr. Robert McMurtry, Roy Romanow's chief advisor on the Royal Commission on Health and current member of the Health Council of Canada address the upcoming Supreme Court case that will test a bid to allow Canadians the right to private health care when they want it. In this article, which appeared in an edited form in the Globe and Mail on February 26th, the authors emphasize that this case challenges the fundamental notion behind Canada's universal medicare system: that health care should be equally accessible to everyone, regardless of ability to pay.

Connecting the Dots: From Health Care and Illness to Wellbeing: May 8, 2003.
The Honourable Roy J. Romanow speaks out on the Health Council, Wellbeing, the Determinants of Health and Investing in the Early Years.

Catherine (Betsy) Atkinson Murray's Remarks Upon the Occasion of Cathy Crowe's Receipt of the Atkinson Economic Justice Award: Thursday, January 22, 2004
"Today we are honoured to publicly acknowledge Cathy Crowe, the energetic and visionary street nurse by presenting her with our Economic Justice Award." The $100,000 per year award will allow Ms.Crowe to strengthen her health care efforts on the street as well as her research and education work around public solutions to the homeless problem at the local and national level.

Toronto Street Nurse, Cathy Crowe's Thank You Remarks on the Occasion of Receiving the Atkinson Charitable Foundation's Economic Justice Award: January 22, 2004
At the award ceremony Ms. Crowe stressed a solution to homelessness is possible. "There is no question in my mind that we can turn this homeless disaster around."

Canadians to their Governments: Get on with Romanow!
Ottawa-November 25, 2003: Canadians continue to endorse the broad policy directions contained in Roy Romanow's lankmark Report on the Future of Health Care in Canada almost 12 months after its tabling, according to a new poll released today.