‘Proliferation of consultants hiring consultants’: MPs frustrated by tangled web of outsourcing in ArriveCan saga
Consultants ‘have never been doing better than they are now,’ says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis.
Holland’s negotiating skills will determine his success in health portfolio this year, say observers
The health minister’s day-to-day work is about political negotiations. ‘Trying to get a consensus built that the government’s moving in the right direction, that’s really hard,’ says political scientist Lori Turnbull.
Business groups sound alarm on fast-approaching CEBA’s loan payback deadline as feds look to soften potential blow
The Canada Emergency Business Account delivered more than $49-billion to nearly 900,000 small businesses and non-profits, but Canadian Chamber of Commerce president Perrin Beatty says ‘it would be tragic to have brought these businesses this far, and then to lose them 200 feet from shore.’
People who experience mental illness do not need our help to die—they need our support to live
Social determinants shape a person’s likelihood of acquiring a mental illness, accessing treatment, and the chance that treatment it will be successful.
Facing ‘staggering’ hospital wait lists, pressure mounts on provinces to set plans with Ottawa to access funds
Despite an ‘unprecedented’ amount of health-care funding offered by Ottawa last year, many provinces haven’t yet finalized action plans to access some of those funds. ‘That’s likely why we haven’t seen significant impact’ yet, says CMA President Dr. Kathleen Ross.
FDA approval may spell trouble for Canadian patients
The FDA’s Florida decision might wind up limiting Canadians’ access to pharmaceutical medicines as long as Canadian drug prices remain well below prices in the United States.
Members of Special Joint Committee on MAID express contrasting views in lead-up to report
Justice Minister Arif Virani has said the committee’s report is one of the sources the government will look to for guidance as the March sunset clause for the expansion of MAID approaches.
Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend
We must look beyond the lab and build a thriving ecosystem to make sure Canadian biomedical treatments are developed here and benefit Canadians.
Global trade disruptions and election fever contribute to ‘unpredictable’ 2024 for advocacy, say lobbyists
Pharmacare and Bill C-234, an act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, are likely to be top issues for government relations this year.
We still need to wear masks at hospitals, people: William Perry
On Dec. 14, 2023, I was taken by ambulance to the hospital and admitted to the ER. Although the Ministry of Health had re-mandated masks to be worn within medical facilities in the province, only one staff member was—two people were, if you count myself. Frustratingly, six ambulance paramedics were not wearing masks, none of […]
