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Episode #35: Dialogue with Maria Lily Shaw
Season 1, Ep. 35
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Hub Dialogues (part of The Hub, Canada’s daily information source for public policy – https://www.thehub.ca) are in-depth conversations about big ideas from the worlds of business, economics, geopolitics, public policy, and technology.
The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad
This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Montreal Economic Institute economist Maria Lily Shaw on her recent policy paper, Real Solutions for What Ails Canada's Health Care Systems: Lessons from Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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