The Globe and Mail
André Picard
Publishing · On our record since 2006
Where this writer stands
Health9 pieces
Expand public coverageMore private delivery
“So what are the other provinces and territories waiting for?” Read the piece
Fiscal policy3 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“the reality is we just don't have enough money to feed people. All the focus is on housing, and food is an afterthought” Read the piece
Public safety3 pieces
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“enforcement of existing rules is only part of the solution.” Read the piece
Federalism1 piece
Ottawa leadsProvinces lead
“There needs to be a single standard, and provincial autonomy be damned.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Being connected to primary care is not care – but it’s a startOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 3, 2026
- Rabies: Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 27, 2026
- Can our health ministers ever focus on reform, not just money?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 20, 2026
- Why is Ottawa so hellbent on limiting access to MAID?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 13, 2026
- It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularizedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 6, 2026
- Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 29, 2026
- Should some doctors be forced to practise in underserviced areas?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 22, 2026
- Opinion: Alberta is allowing patients to self-refer for some diagnostic tests. What’s the end game?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 29, 2026
- Opinion: What should be done about the scourge of e-scooters?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 19, 2026
- Opinion: Politicians can’t seem to make a clear decision on MAID, so let’s leave it to the Supreme CourtOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 22, 2026
- Opinion: Ten years of MAID, and suffering averted, is cause for celebrationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 15, 2026
- Opinion: Should we care about faraway outbreaks of infectious disease?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 24, 2026
- Opinion: What financial and political price will Quebec pay for its digital transformation?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 18, 2026
- Opinion: Ottawa needs to stop saying it’s not ready for the expansion of MAID, and actually get readyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 11, 2026
- Opinion: Can we spare future generations from the horrors of smoking?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 4, 2026
- Opinion: The path to an AIDS cure is rare and brutalOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 25, 2026
- Opinion: The long and costly shadow of COVID-19Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 20, 2026
- Opinion: Have any lessons been learned from B.C.’s toxic drug emergency, 10 years later?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 13, 2026
- Opinion: Feeding the neediest gets more challenging every dayOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 6, 2026
- Opinion: B.C.’s move away from self-regulation for health workers is imperfect, but overdueOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 29, 2026
- Opinion: The British meningitis outbreak is a reminder of the everyday importance of public healthOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 23, 2026
- Opinion: To address racism in health care, we need to collect data on raceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 16, 2026
- Opinion: In the MAID debates, the patient’s voice must take precedenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 9, 2026
- Opinion: Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 4, 2026
- Opinion: The challenge of whether to fund promising new drugsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 23, 2026
- Opinion: Can understanding the Tumbler Ridge shooting help prevent future tragedies?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 17, 2026
- Opinion: Data, data everywhere but nothing to connect it to health careOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 9, 2026
- Opinion: The B.C. ostrich saga has come home to roost with a big billOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 1, 2026
- Opinion: Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 26, 2026
- Opinion: The advent of powerful weight-loss drugs is promising, but not a cure for all that ails usOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 19, 2026
- Opinion: What has three years of decriminalization of drug possession yielded in B.C.?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 12, 2026
- Opinion: Addressing the health impacts of plastics is becoming more urgentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 7, 2026
- Opinion: Jimmy Carter’s efforts against neglected diseases embodied public health at its finestOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2025
- Opinion: We have not yet finished righting the wrongs inflicted by thalidomideOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 15, 2025
- Opinion: Will Quebec’s childcare model work in New York?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 8, 2025
- Opinion: The never-ending riddle of Canadian health spendingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 1, 2025
- Opinion: The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travestyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 24, 2025
- Opinion: Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 19, 2025
- Opinion: Peanut allergies are plummeting in children, and you can thank scienceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 17, 2025
- Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birdsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 9, 2025
- Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they thinkOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 3, 2025
- Opinion: Quebec cracks down on doctors - but will imposing a contract improve patient care?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 26, 2025
- Opinion: Trouble fitting in your jeans? Blame the toxic food environmentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 20, 2025
- Opinion: Does it matter where our future doctors attended high school? Doug Ford seems to think soOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 12, 2025
- Opinion: Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative careOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 7, 2025
- Opinion: When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant womenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2025
- Opinion: How a single measles case became 5,000 – and the lessons not learnedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 21, 2025
- Opinion: A long-delayed billion-dollar hospital project in Quebec is a stain on the province and its leadersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 15, 2025
- Opinion: The AIDS Committee of Toronto, a stalwart of the HIV-AIDS fight, folds its tent after 42 yearsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 11, 2025
- Opinion: Ending vaccine mandates is a cynical political play – and it threatens children’s livesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2025
- Opinion: The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 4, 2025
- Opinion: Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with his ban on animal researchOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 1, 2025
- Opinion: How do we provide cool relief in a world that’s heating up?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 25, 2025
- Opinion: Even in war, attacking medical facilities must remain off-limitsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2025
- Opinion: The harm reduction approach should apply to tobacco, tooOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 4, 2025
- Opinion: Is denying a drug to a terminally ill 10-year-old cruel – or is it good governance?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 28, 2025
- Opinion: Should every small-town hospital have its own emergency room?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 7, 2025
- Opinion: Should family doctors have patient quotas?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 23, 2025
- Opinion: Rescuing summer from the clutches of climate changeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18, 2025
- Opinion: ‘Nation-building’ projects should also reflect Canadian valuesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 9, 2025