Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca
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Editor, @CanadaHealthwatch.ca
Reporting and analysis on the forces shaping Canada’s health system.
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Editor, @CanadaHealthwatch.ca
Reporting and analysis on the forces shaping Canada’s health system.
Read my stuff >> know more stuff: canadahealthwatch.ca/insights
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They typically get 3–4 in a month.
126 Quebec doctors applied to work in New Brunswick since October https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new-brunswick/article/nb-college-of-physicians-has-received-126-applications-from-quebec-doctors/
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January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
They typically get 3–4 in a month.
This is stunningly good reporting. News you can use. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 AM
This is stunningly good reporting. News you can use. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Canada’s AI conversation is mostly about growth and productivity.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
Canada is going all-in on AI, without the guardrails workers need
As the AI gold rush accelerates, Canada’s labour protections are being tested.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Canada’s AI conversation is mostly about growth and productivity.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
Canada’s AI conversation is mostly about growth and productivity.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
Canada is going all-in on AI, without the guardrails workers need
As the AI gold rush accelerates, Canada’s labour protections are being tested.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Canada’s AI conversation is mostly about growth and productivity.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
What’s being missed is how algorithmic management is reshaping workplace expectations and power.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Left, Russian politician Zhirinovsky in 2019 slicing a cake of Ukraine into pieces.
Right, American politicians slicing a cake of Greenland into pieces.
The direction the Trump administration is taking the US in is clear.
Right, American politicians slicing a cake of Greenland into pieces.
The direction the Trump administration is taking the US in is clear.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Left, Russian politician Zhirinovsky in 2019 slicing a cake of Ukraine into pieces.
Right, American politicians slicing a cake of Greenland into pieces.
The direction the Trump administration is taking the US in is clear.
Right, American politicians slicing a cake of Greenland into pieces.
The direction the Trump administration is taking the US in is clear.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Families shoulder the costs in Canada’s failing care economy
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
Families shoulder the costs in Canada’s failing care economy
More Canadians struggle to care for kids and aging parents while holding down jobs.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Families shoulder the costs in Canada’s failing care economy
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
This is an artifact.
Doug Ford before he became Ontario premier, opposite Avi Lewis before he became leader of the NDP (probably), with Evan Solomon anchoring, before he became a federal cabinet minister.
Doug Ford before he became Ontario premier, opposite Avi Lewis before he became leader of the NDP (probably), with Evan Solomon anchoring, before he became a federal cabinet minister.
Doug Ford, Avi Lewis debate populism's impact on politics
YouTube video by CTV News
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
This is an artifact.
Doug Ford before he became Ontario premier, opposite Avi Lewis before he became leader of the NDP (probably), with Evan Solomon anchoring, before he became a federal cabinet minister.
Doug Ford before he became Ontario premier, opposite Avi Lewis before he became leader of the NDP (probably), with Evan Solomon anchoring, before he became a federal cabinet minister.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Canadian government drafts plans to ban social media for children under 14 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... ⦸ @marcmillermp.bsky.social
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January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Canadian government drafts plans to ban social media for children under 14 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... ⦸ @marcmillermp.bsky.social
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This program is a model for the entire Western hemisphere.
One to watch:
Toronto hospital to double housing program that reduces ER visits www.cp24.com/local/toront... @uhn.ca
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Toronto hospital to double housing program that reduces ER visits www.cp24.com/local/toront... @uhn.ca
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January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This program is a model for the entire Western hemisphere.
Striking though unsurprising finding from research out of UofA.
Parents who showed more support for public health agencies within the province and the federal government response were more likely to be vaccinated for COVID-19 while those who showed support for the Alberta provincial government were less likely to vaccinate their children.
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Striking though unsurprising finding from research out of UofA.
While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @thestar.com
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News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
The health insurance sector has increased lobbying efforts in New Brunswick in opposition to universal pharmacare according to government records.
Insurance industry association tapped former senior government official to lobby province against pharmacare nbmediacoop.org/2026/01/14/i... @nbmediacoop.bsky.social
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News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The health insurance sector has increased lobbying efforts in New Brunswick in opposition to universal pharmacare according to government records.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/female-family-doctors-in-ontario-spend-more-time-with-patients-make-less-money-study/
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
January 14, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/female-family-doctors-in-ontario-spend-more-time-with-patients-make-less-money-study/
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
News and analysis ⇢ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured
In light of recent events, I’ve been thinking about the psychology of the people who stayed on X after last winter's big exodus.
Trying to convince them to move now is a totally different animal than it was a year ago.
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Trying to convince them to move now is a totally different animal than it was a year ago.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:28 AM
In light of recent events, I’ve been thinking about the psychology of the people who stayed on X after last winter's big exodus.
Trying to convince them to move now is a totally different animal than it was a year ago.
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Trying to convince them to move now is a totally different animal than it was a year ago.
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The middle class is eroding.
Unpaid care work, immigration policy, and demographic changes are pushing more families into economic precarity.
Our latest CHW Analysis looks at how these forces intersect, and what it means for households and Canada's economy.
Unpaid care work, immigration policy, and demographic changes are pushing more families into economic precarity.
Our latest CHW Analysis looks at how these forces intersect, and what it means for households and Canada's economy.
Families shoulder the costs in Canada’s failing care economy
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/01/13/f... by Cynthia Lien feat. @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
Families shoulder the costs in Canada’s failing care economy
More Canadians struggle to care for kids and aging parents while holding down jobs.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The middle class is eroding.
Unpaid care work, immigration policy, and demographic changes are pushing more families into economic precarity.
Our latest CHW Analysis looks at how these forces intersect, and what it means for households and Canada's economy.
Unpaid care work, immigration policy, and demographic changes are pushing more families into economic precarity.
Our latest CHW Analysis looks at how these forces intersect, and what it means for households and Canada's economy.
More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
The Canadian Medical Association has not posted on X since March 2025 & I’m so proud our leaders made the call. Things have only gotten worse since.
Misogyny has been built into tech forever because it replicates the way we live, and it's a money maker. We need cultural change and the time to start was yesterday. Or twenty years ago. And the time for Canadian officials to get off X is now
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/doctors-fear-cdc-vaccine-recommendation-changes-will-fuel-vaccine-hesitancy-in-canada/
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
In February 2025, @nicktsergas.ca and I warned Canada to prepare for the anticipated influx of physicians immigrating north.
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
Paging Canada: Your future doctors are fleeing the U.S.
Before the US election, my wife and I talked about moving to Canada. 2 days after, we put the wheels in motion.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In February 2025, @nicktsergas.ca and I warned Canada to prepare for the anticipated influx of physicians immigrating north.
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
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But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
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January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
Wild to see my article become BMJ’s biggest piece of the year. I want to be clear about something going forward:
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
“Our biggest hit of the year, Nick Tsergas ’s fascinating piece on “immunity theft” or why what we think we know about the lockdowns of the covid-19 pandemic reducing our immunity to other diseases is possibly wrong. “
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Wild to see my article become BMJ’s biggest piece of the year. I want to be clear about something going forward:
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Mehmet Oz recently visited the American Medical Association (AMA), where he threatened doctors to get in line, saying, “When the music stops and everyone has to sit down, guess who doesn’t get a chair? You.”
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Why the AMA’s actions are raising alarms
Something is breaking inside of American medicine.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mehmet Oz recently visited the American Medical Association (AMA), where he threatened doctors to get in line, saying, “When the music stops and everyone has to sit down, guess who doesn’t get a chair? You.”
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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With the U.S. threatening to take over the Arctic island, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she shared the federal government's full support for the sovereignty of Greenland in a conversation with the Danish foreign minister.
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
Anita Anand stands up for Greenland’s sovereignty
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout.
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout.
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca