Canada should have a national seniors strategy
Aging is getting tougher, and too many seniors are falling through the cracks in services provided by various levels of government. A collaborative approach that includes a national seniors strategy is a solution that the NDP has been recommending for several years. To address issues so that seniors are treated with respect as they age, Canada […]
Dual investments in home care and housing maximize support for seniors: PS Vaughan
Canada’s demographic reality has long been seen as one of the country’s major public policy challenges of the decades to come. The large contingent of baby boomers, born after the Second World War amidst a fertility surge that remade Canada, is reaching retirement, with no younger generation large enough to fill its footprint. Although Canadians are […]
Canada’s Aging Society
Canada can make cannabis safe for the world
We’re Canadian, so we like to do our part. We’re proud of the innovations we contribute to the world, from insulin, to UN peacekeeping, the Space Shuttle’s Canadarm, and the BlackBerry. Today, Canada is in the (perhaps surprising) position of being poised to make another important contribution, this time via public policy. We’re the world […]
CMHA Mental Health Week a national opportunity to engage, reflect
Through the leadership of the Canadian Mental Health Association, CMHA Mental Health Week has become a national opportunity to engage and reflect on the strides Canada is making towards a more responsive, flexible, and equitable mental health system. A significant milestone on this journey was the creation of our country’s first-ever mental health strategy, which […]
Canada’s ‘permanent passengers’
Some day soon, Mary Beth Wighton plans to paint the brown walls of her downstairs office purple. It is one of several hues deemed to be dementia-friendly, a specific palette she’ll consider when making adjustments to the décor of her home, which overlooks Lake Huron’s Ontario shores in Southampton, Ont. The 50-year-old sees many ways […]
Senators, opposition set to challenge pot bill age limits, prison terms in committee
Rules for the minimum age at which Canadians could buy pot, how many plants apartment-dwellers could grow, and lengthy maximum prison sentences could be challenged by Senators and opposition MPs as the government’s marijuana legislation passes through parliamentary committees. The chair of the House Justice Committee, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather (Mount Royal, Que.), defended the […]
Let’s eliminate polio
Someone created quite a stir in Calgary a few days ago, walking into a drug store with an active case of measles and exposing everyone there to an infectious disease. All the radio stations covered it, trying to track down those shoppers. My concern was that this disease was contracted on an airplane. Yikes! Polio […]
Why Trudeau shouldn’t legalize marijuana
Marijuana legalization is an interesting subject that has popped up in the politics of many countries. In Colorado, the drug was legalized and we saw a steady increase in health-care spending as a result. Now here in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is investigating similar measures. There are consistent associations between marijuana usage and poor […]
The young royals are giving a master class on brand rejuvenation
OTTAWA—This opening statement may lead to many letters to the editor and never getting another warm word from my mother, a lapsed member of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, but for years I always wondered whether there was really still value in investing all we do into the British monarchy. I know I […]
