A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education
Innovating graduate education to support a wider variety of career paths will be key to creating the talent we need to have a vibrant biotechnology ecosystem.
The prescription for Canada’s health care future
Focus on embracing the rapid pace of scientific discovery, letting innovation drive policy, and fostering collaboration across the health-care system.
Biotechnology momentum in Canada needs infusion of talent and anchor firms, say industry reps
Canada has several prominent life science firms, but none can be considered an anchor company, according to a report by the adMare Institute released in late 2023.
Senate aims to serve up pharmacare for Thanksgiving
The Senate Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Committee will have just four weeks to study the pharmacare legislation before its scheduled third reading vote on Oct. 10.
Politics: the overlooked determinant of children’s health
The commitment of elected officials to prioritize our children’s well-being determines how and if policies will be enacted or sustained beyond a single election cycle.
Public servants sound off over new return-to-office mandate, while union faces heat over its ‘Buy Nothing’ campaign
Public service union walks back calls to boycott downtown Ottawa business.
Wake up, Canada: there’s no health or wealth without proper funding of health research
Canada provides significantly more in annual subsidies for the fossil fuel industry than it does to conduct the research that underpins the health and wealth of Canadians.
Bloc to push feds to back MP’s seniors supports bill this fall
There are 52 private members’ bills currently before Parliament, and Conservative MP Randy Hoback is first in line on the order of precedence.
The NDP-backed pharmacare plan is a corporate handout as written
The real problem with this signature legislation of the NDP-Liberal agreement is that it will not bring medicines within Canada’s publicly funded health system.
MAID legislation not implemented: forced transfers for the terminally ill
Too often patients are being forced to leave the publicly-funded hospitals or hospices where they have been receiving end-of-life care because those institutions refuse to allow medically-assisted death on their premises.
