AG to publish ArriveCan report next month, House Public Accounts Committee hears
Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes told the House Public Accounts Committee that the report on the application will be released on Feb. 12, during a meeting that Liberal and NDP MPs criticized the timing of.
Indigenous midwives are the key to addressing sexual and reproductive health inequities
With Indigenous-led midwifery care, we spend less for better health outcomes. So why aren’t we properly funding it?
Bilateral health deals with provinces may each take several drafts, months to complete: Holland’s office
Spokespeople for Holland’s office and the Northwest Territories government confirmed that the action plan for the Northwest Territories is complete but has not yet been announced—therefore the funding cannot begin to flow.
‘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.
