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.
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Growing interest in health-care reform, but private payment still ‘too risky’ for parties to propose, says Coletto
Health-care reform options can be ‘torqued’ on the political stage, making it a difficult policy debate, says former Conservative staffer Laryssa Waler.
Liberals’ fall priorities should centre on building support from NDP, key voting blocs: lobbyists, pollsters
With a current ‘hodgepodge’ of bills before Parliament, the Liberals may want to form a cohesive narrative through their fall legislative agenda, says Yaroslav Baran.
There’s still hope for advance requests for medical assistance in dying
Bill C-390 may be the last chance to move the needle on advance requests for MAID during this Parliament. It would allow Quebec to develop an effective framework upon which other provinces could build.
All-hands-on-deck approach needed to solve Canada’s primary care crisis
Every person in Canada should have access to a primary care team that can manage health issues faced by a patient collaboratively.
‘One-off funding announcements’ not the way to fix homelessness and substance use, says Burlington mayor
A group representing Ontario’s big cities is calling on the province to appoint a minister to lead a plan to tackle homelessness, mental health, and substance use, noting the federal government ‘has not stepped up as promised.’
Procrastination on Canada Health Act interpretation leaves patients with the bill
We’ve all missed a deadline or two, but, as happens too often, delays in key policy updates have real and harmful consequences for our patients’ access to care.
Some Dogs Allowed? Rescue groups hope more reasonable border restrictions could lead to loosened dog import suspension
Golden Rescue co-chair Viive Tamm says the new Canada-U.S. restrictions are an opportunity for Canada to take another look at its own rules for dog imports.
