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2010
January 14	Press release: Kids wait for surgery too
2009
June 18	Press release: Governments must finish the job on wait times
2008
March 17	Press release: Wait Time Alliance welcomes new member
January 15	The economic cost of wait times in Canada - Special report from the Canadian Medical Association on the economic cost of waiting for health care Summary
2007
November 26	CMA Past-President speech: Time for Progress: New Direction from the Wait Time Alliance Press release: "Time for progress is now" Wait Time Alliance releases benchmarks in five new clinical areas
June 29	Letter to the editor RE: “Waiting for wait times” National Post June 29, 2007
May 15	"New blood for Wait Time Alliance"
April 19	Time's Up Report Card * New members Technical backgrounder Press release: Time’s up for showing progress on wait times CMA President addresses the National Press Club: Breaking the cycle of cynicism in health cares Slow progress made on wait times: report With wait times improving, WTA focus expanding to emergency care, GI disease and beyond These tables - Table A and Table B - are used to assess letter and colour grades for the Wait Time Benchmark component of Table 2 of the Report Card. (Data pulled from provincial Websites as of April 10, 2007)*
April 16	Some fed-up patients choosing surgery overseas
April 14	Get more medical staff: senior
April 10	PM tells wait-time gurus all provinces will offer some guarantees by 2010
April 5	Health wait-times a gimmick, critics say
2006
December 6	Time Running Out to Keep Election Promise, Says Wait Time Alliance
November 29	Governments Showing Promise on Wait Times, According to WTA’s Interim Report Card Wait Time Alliance InterimReport Card Wait Time Alliance Interim Report Card Technical Backgrounder
2005
December 20	Letter to the Ontario Health Minister
December 12	Wait Targets Should Give Patients Hope
October 13	Back-pedalling on benchmarks puts health plan in jeopardy
October 6	'Better Health - Better Canada' — speech at the Empire Club, Toronto