Feds ‘shooting themselves in the foot’ on cannabis excise tax as some producers choose illicit market over bankruptcy
Cannabis marketing CEO Lisa Campbell says she expects more than half of the existing licensed producers and retailers will fold in a year, well before ISED’s strategy table consultations conclude.
Feds puffed past opportunity for cannabis reform in budget
The most recent federal budget has harshed the cannabis industry’s buzz. As The Hill Times’ Stuart Benson reports, stakeholders were holding their breath for some excise tax relief in the new fiscal plan, in a similar vein to what was passed around to their alcohol counterparts. However, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland didn’t abide, and many […]
Food marketing is no child’s play
The food industry launched the new Code for the Responsible Advertising of Food and Beverage Products to Children in mid-2021, with implementation slated for July 1.
House committee’s health workforce report has critical gaps left to be filled
The House Health Committee’s report is welcome, but deficient in its lack of specific recommendations on actions to alleviate the current crisis and prevent others from developing.
Canadians should be able to claim gym membership as a medical expense
Exercise is proven to be one of the most effective and underprescribed medications for the prevention and treatment of chronic health diseases.
Privatization threatens public health-care system in Canada, writes Ottawa reader
Privatization threatens the public health-care system in Canada. By taking funding and staff away from public hospitals, it will make wait times for urgent hospital-based care longer. The Ontario government is running a budget surplus of more than $2-billion, but has frozen funding for public health. It tried to depress the pay of health-care workers […]
Show you can lead in public health policy, Ottawa
Canada’s public health systems are neither cohesive or comprehensive, nor are they accountable for the outcomes they achieve.
Conservative rhetoric on safe consumption sites plays dangerous game with toxic drug crisis: NDP critic
Poilievre’s plan to sue pharmaceutical companies is ‘no silver bullet’ to a ‘complex issue that requires a multifaceted response’ to keep Canadians alive until they can seek treatment, says NDP MP Gord Johns.
Intelligent solutions are the shining stars for Canada’s health-care system
With a long-term plan in place by the provincial and federal governments, establishing a foundation that includes a robust data strategy with intelligent technologies will be the first step in establishing resilient health care in Canada.
How much money does Canada’s health system really need?
Before more is spent on health care, Canadians need to insist on evidence that they are getting better value for the existing expenditures, and demand their politicians exercise the leadership to implement needed structural reforms.
