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Danyaal Raza

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family MD | UofT assistant professor | writing + research on health systems, primary care & possibilities for reform | danyaalraza.com

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Danyaal Raza @danyaalraza.com · Jan 16

Some exciting personal news -

I've begun my term as our team's inaugural Primary Care & Health Policy Scholar, applying research to real-world policy change.

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If you're part of a people-powered org looking to influence policy makers, let's chat! DMs open.

Addressing primary care shortage: A conversation with Dr. Danyaal Raza

The family doctor shortage is one of the most pressing issues in Canadian health care. Data from OurCare led by Unity Health Toronto researchers and the largest pan-Canadian conversation about the…

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Broadbent Institute

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“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com

Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Screenshot of a Toronto Star opinion article titled, “I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here is why I said no,” by Danyaal Raza, published November 10, 2025. Below the headline is a photo of Dr. Raza smiling at the camera, wearing glasses, a collared shirt, and a stethoscope around his neck.

November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM

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Armine Yalnizyan

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Absolutely brilliant exposition of what is happening *RIGHT NOW* across Ontario and Canada, thank you @danyaalraza.com .
Health care is in crisis, the solutions are obvious, and governments everywhere are looking away from what is happening.

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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁

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I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com

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"During my conversation with the recruiter, I asked what would happen if someone approached me who couldn't afford the fee," writes Dr. Danyaal Raza. "The answer was blunt: I'd have to see them 'somewhere other than the clinic.' "

November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Danyaal Raza

@danyaalraza.com

Early in my career, a recruiter asked me to leave my practice & join a private clinic instead.

I said no.

Here's why:

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I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here is why I said no

Years ago, I received an unsolicited recruitment letter inviting me to join a “private health centre” in another province. I was struck by how enticing it sounded. The recruiter promised

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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM

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Nick Tsergas

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The budget.

It puts $5 billion into “health infrastructure,” which sounds like healthcare funding. But is it?

My breakdown for Canada Healthwatch looks at what’s new, what’s missing, and why health is now being framed as infrastructure.

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Our budget takeaways:

Budget 2025 Takeaways

The budget includes some new health-related measures.

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November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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Isabella M. Weber

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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵

November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM

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Broadbent Institute

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"This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity [...] Instead of making historic investments to modernize and update health and social care, they are asking under-resourced systems to increasingly do more, with less."

Read the latest from @danyaalraza.com : www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Screenshot of a Toronto Star opinion article titled “Carney’s first budget is asking the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices,” published Nov. 6, 2025. The subheading notes the author is Dr. Danyaal Raza. Below the headline is a photo of a man in a suit holding up a booklet labelled “Budget 2025” with an image of a red icebreaker ship on the cover. He is wearing a red poppy pin on his lapel and standing in a doorway.

November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁

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Carney’s first budget asks the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com

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Prime Minister Mark Carney poses with a copy of the federal budget in Ottawa on Tuesday. "This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity," writes Dr. Danyaal Raza. "Instead of asking for sacrifices from those able to make them, they are leaning on individuals and sectors already struggling."

November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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The Conversation Canada

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Boys do cry: The Toronto Blue Jays challenge sport’s toxic masculinity with displays of love and emotion

Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.

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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁

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With no additional pharmacare money in federal budget, some fear New Brunswick will miss out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dornan-pharmacare-deal-9.6968112

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Health Minister John Dornan says the province is still assessing the potential costs of pharmacare.

November 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁

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Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-privately-paid-medical-tests-a-step-toward-u-s-style-health-care

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Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and Premier Danielle Smith speak at a news conference in Calgary on March 21, 2025.

November 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM

Danyaal Raza

@danyaalraza.com

Wondering what the budget has to say about health/healthcare?

My take here, gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Carney’s first budget is asking the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices

This budget seems to have a case of mistaken identity. Instead of asking for sacrifices from those able to make them, they are leaning on individuals and sectors already struggling.

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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM

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Melanie D’Arrigo

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If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.

November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Danyaal Raza

@danyaalraza.com

“Luxury taxes on boats and aircraft are gone”

Elbows up for everyone living at Park Place. Hope it’s not a hotel.

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How Mark Carney’s federal budget would impact your taxes, from automatic tax filing to axing luxury tax

The budget, should it pass the confidence vote the week of Nov. 17, will touch almost every taxpayer, and steers clear of major tax hikes or benefit cuts, focusing instead

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November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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My IRL friends call me Chris

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Another important piece from the Star's health reporter, Megan Ogilvie.

“When we talk about the primary care crisis, we often focus on patients who don’t have a family doctor. But we looked at nearly 10 million patients who do have a family doctor & they’re still struggling to get care.”

#OnPoli

The findings, published Monday in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), found that 13 per cent of Ontarians attached to a family doctor live more than 30 kilometres away from their physician. The study also found that these patients were more likely to use the emergency department for non-urgent reasons and to have fewer family doctor visits, and were less likely to have preventive screening for cancer.

Gupta said the research confirms what many doctors see in their own practices — and points to a problem.

“When we talk about the primary care crisis, we often focus on patients who don’t have a family doctor,” said Gupta, the study’s lead author and scientist at Upstream Lab at St. Mike’s, a part of Unity Health Toronto. “But we looked at nearly 10 million patients who do have a family doctor and they’re still struggling to get care.”

November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁

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The federal Health Minister said it’s “impossible” to release the $4B promised for national health projects, and won’t fund new team-based care programs.

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