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Time for feds to take aggressive measures to fight obesity
Almost two thirds of adults in Canada are overweight or obese, according to Statistics Canada – a dramatic increase that has taken place over the last thirty plus years. Unfortunately the increase in obesity rates has also affected our children. Around 13 percent of Canadian children between the ages of five and 17 are obese […]
Feds should implement pilot project on guaranteed income
We have immense challenges in our country when it comes to poverty. We have families that struggle to pay rent. We have children that can’t afford school supplies or to go on school trips. We also have many that can’t afford to put good food on the table and have to rely on donations at […]
APEC and mental health: Canada poised to become regional incubator for advanced research and best practices in mental health innovation
As my colleague Michael Wilson and I reminded the House Finance committee recently, mental disorders are one of Canada’s leading healthcare challenges costing upwards of $51-billion a year. There is an urgent need to address mental wellness here at home and abroad. I’m proud to say that Canada will soon be at the forefront of […]
Ottawa earmarks nearly $2 million for mental health support in missing, murdered inquiry plan
The Liberal government has quietly planned to spend an estimated $1.7-million on mental health support for aboriginal family members and others who were consulted over the past two months on plans for a national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls. The commitment, not yet formally announced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister […]
Five steps to redefine Canada’s agri-food system for the future
With one of the safest food systems anywhere, Canadians can trust the food they eat. But consumers here and abroad are pushing the bounds of what “trust” means to them. Can Canada lead the world in redefining trust for the future? Food costs are a primary concern for many consumers. Nevertheless, a wide range of […]
Seven political winners for Trudeau to strengthen environmental protection
PENDER ISLAND, B.C.—In Ottawa, the machinery of government is reversing course after a decade of environmental backsliding. Newly-minted Cabinet ministers and reinvigorated public servants are scrambling to fulfill the extensive green commitments set forth in the Liberal platform, Throne Speech, and mandate letters. Barring some unexpected cataclysm, it seems likely that most of these pledges […]
Canada’s biotechnology industry ready to take centre stage
With the Canadian dollar and the price of oil hitting historical lows it is not surprising that while at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about Canada’s economic prospects in the face of this economic headwind. Trudeau quite correctly noted Canada’s economic strength lies in its diversity which […]
Physician-assisted death law needs ‘clear definitions’
Canada’s lawmakers have until June to sculpt a new reality in the country: what a nation-wide framework for physician-assisted death (PAD) will look like. And as this major public policy begins to take shape, legal and medical authorities are stressing that the contentious new option to choose when, and how one dies, is going to […]
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