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Matthew Hays
Last published Jan. 2026 · On our record since 2014
Where this writer stands
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“I do have to wonder if, given the current state of our health-care system, the option shouldn't be either paused or curtailed until there is widespread reform of this crucial part of our social-safety net.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Should MAID be paused in Canada?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 29, 2026
- Opinion: Why the Conservatives should thank the CBCOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 24, 2023
- Opinion: Expand private role in Quebec health care? Not so fastOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 6, 2022
- Opinion | Canada’s ‘America Problem’: We can’t address our issues until we get over theirsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 12, 2022
- Opinion | LGBTQ inclusion in Christmas movies feels all wrongOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2020
- Opinion: Despite Trump, I still have faith in the USAOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 1, 2018
- Opinion: Public transit in Montreal should be freeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 12, 2017
- Opinion: How about some retroactive payments from those who criticize students' tuition demandsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 15, 2015
- Opinion: True confessions of a diehard anglo leftieOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 31, 2014