Collaboration needed to get Canada’s internationally educated health professionals working in their field
Cumbersome regulatory processes require them to navigate complex, lengthy, and costly licensing requirements.
Federal government weakens its program monitoring pesticides in the environment putting human health at risk
We have a right to know where, when, and how pesticides are used. The monitoring program desperately needs the oversight of experts such as independent academics who are free of conflicts of interest with profit-making from pesticides and their use.
Partial truths from politicians won’t fix the toxic drug crisis
The framing that Canada has tried progressive policies, but they failed is misleading because the toxic drug crisis isn’t one problem, but an interwoven tangle of different problems.
Screen time the most harmful health crisis since youth smoking
How a Health Canada national awareness campaign on the negative impacts of devices and social media addiction can make a difference.
Occupational therapists deserve to be eligible for Canada Student Loan forgiveness
As health-care needs increase in rural and remote Canada, the federal government must do more to encourage occupational therapists to move to these communities.
Pharmacare bill and Liberal messaging at odds, confusing stakeholders on vision for ‘single-payer’ system
The language in the pharmacare bill is ‘fatally flawed,’ according to pharmacare expert Dr. Steve Morgan.
Immunotherapy a beacon of hope in Canada’s fight against cancer
The gap between treatment and cure underscores the dire need for innovative approaches in our health-care strategy.
Opposition to federal EV standard could cost $90-billion in health benefits
In addition to tackling climate change and improving health outcomes, the EV standard also delivers gains for business and the broader economy.
Patients know about pharmacare: let’s listen to them on Bill C-64
Patient groups’ involvement should be built into the program, not just a one-time pre-consultation.
No support for Conservative push to release safer supply program contracts, feds say the deals are under provincial control
Calling the committee motion a ‘disruption’ attempt, NDP MP Gord Johns says the Conservatives know ‘full well that this motion, the way they presented it, will get defeated.’
