Martha Jackman
Martha Jackman is a professor in the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa and co-director (academic) of the SSHRC-CURA research project “Reconceiving Human Rights Practice.”

Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?
contributions by Jonathan Mullen; Sara Allin; Sara Burke; Lorraine Frisina Doetter; Noushon Farmanara; Jeremiah Hurley; Martha Jackman; Bridget Johnston; Fiona McDonald; Rachel McKay; Zeynep Or; Gregory Marchildon; Aurélie Pierre; Amélie Quesnel-Vallée; David Rudoler; Achim Schmid; Rikke Siersbaek; Stephen Thomas; Vanessa Gruben; Stephen Duckett; Danielle Dawson; Sarah Barry & Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
“….overcoming the many barriers and interest groups opposed to universal medicare was a hard-won political war waged over many years, particularly with respect to medical associations who fought tooth and nail against the prospect of a public health care system and various politicians who were ideologically in favour of maintaining a significant role for private health insurance. The melange of laws that exist across the provinces, and the Canada Health Act itself, are thus a product of the particular history and context of medicare, including political accommodations necessary to bring doctors into the public plan (for example, they are not public employees but independent contractors mostly paid on a fee-for-service basis with still relatively little governmental control over their clinical decision-making).”

Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?
contributions by Jonathan Mullen; Sara Allin; Sara Burke; Lorraine Frisina Doetter; Noushon Farmanara; Jeremiah Hurley; Martha Jackman; Bridget Johnston; Fiona McDonald; Rachel McKay; Zeynep Or; Gregory Marchildon; Aurélie Pierre; Amélie Quesnel-Vallée; David Rudoler; Achim Schmid; Rikke Siersbaek; Stephen Thomas; Vanessa Gruben; Stephen Duckett; Danielle Dawson; Sarah Barry & Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
“….overcoming the many barriers and interest groups opposed to universal medicare was a hard-won political war waged over many years, particularly with respect to medical associations who fought tooth and nail against the prospect of a public health care system and various politicians who were ideologically in favour of maintaining a significant role for private health insurance. The melange of laws that exist across the provinces, and the Canada Health Act itself, are thus a product of the particular history and context of medicare, including political accommodations necessary to bring doctors into the public plan (for example, they are not public employees but independent contractors mostly paid on a fee-for-service basis with still relatively little governmental control over their clinical decision-making).”

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."

Vulnerable
contributions by Mona Gupta; Sam Halabi; Anis Chowdhury; Chidi Oguamanam; Lorian Hardcastle; Deborah McGregor; E. Richard Gold; Céline Castets-Renard; Linda Garcia; Amir Attaran; Michelle Giroux; Bryan Thomas; Ravi Malhotra; Matthew Herder; Olivia Lee; Mel Cappe; Yasmin Khaliq; Tim Caulfield; Kelly Bronson; Pat Armstrong; Martha Jackman; Simon Hatcher; Daniel Weinstock; Tess Sheldon; Leilani Farha; Jason Millar; Grégoire Webber; Vanessa Gruben; Jennifer A. Quaid; Paul Daly; Jane Philpott; Jennifer A. Chandler; Hugh Armstrong; Yves Le Bouthillier; Jomo Kwame Sundaram; Sarah Berger Richardson; Katherine Lippel; Aimée Craft; Katherine Fierlbeck; Jeffery Hewitt; Eleonore Fournier-Tombs; Patrick Fafard; Steven J. Hoffman; Adam R. Houston; David Robitaille; Carissima Mathen; Kaitlin Schwan; Jeremy de Beer; Kwame McKenzie; Jamie Chai Yun Liew; Martine Lagacé; Jeffrey Simpson; Alexandra Flynn; Marie-France Fortin; Louise Bélanger-Hardy; Kumanan Wilson; Teresa Scassa; Adelina Iftene; Anne Levesque; Vardit Ravitsky; Y. Y. Brandon Chen; Terry Skolnik; Ivy Bourgeault; Delphine Nakache & Jason W. Nickerson
"The pandemic is not a natural disaster or an “act of God.” The effects of COVID-19 are the result of choices: to tax and spend in ways that benefit some and disadvantage others; to intervene or not intervene in the economy when market forces prevent individuals from meeting basic needs; to regulate in particular ways; to view health as the product of a combination of luck and personal choices rather than the product of colliding social, economic, and political factors; and to adopt particular foreign policies toward international cooperation, including foreign aid."