Alcohol guidelines offer a simple message: drinking less is better
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health emphasizes this: every drink counts and any reduction in consumption is beneficial.
‘Disappointing comment’ to see Trudeau describe Ford’s health-care changes as ‘innovation,’ says Toronto Liberal MP Sgro
It’s ‘critical’ that the federal government put in place strict conditions in the ongoing negotiations about Canada Health Transfer to ensure provinces don’t open the door to for-profit health-care providers, Liberal MP Judy Sgro says.
Disability policy tests Canadian values
Justice delayed is justice denied, and if we wait for legislation determining all of the details of a perfect benefit, it will be too late for someone else.
Likening medicare to communism, Ford moves ahead with plans for privatized, two-tier health care in Ontario
The crumbling of the country’s medical services during COVID has opened the way for a major push by those who favour private, for-profit health care, and Doug Ford is among the premiers leading the way.
Provincial shifts towards health care privatization ‘100 per cent the wrong way to go,’ says NDP MP Davies
Along with concern over Ontario’s announced plan to fund private clinics, Green MP Mike Morrice wants MPs to review loopholes in the current Canada Health Act that enable companies to charge for health services.
Everyone is talking about the two-drink limit
A recent Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction study may have overstated its case, but it has at least opened up a discussion about restraint.
Trudeau calls Ford’s health-care changes an ‘innovation,’ but some Ontario Liberal MPs call it ‘American’-style health care ‘fundamentally’ opposed to Canadian values
Liberal MP Michael Coteau says that by introducing a for-profit element in Ontario’s health-care system, patients’ quality of care could decrease as ‘profits are put before patients’ in some private sector organizations.
Peter Nicholson’s bold route to a better health-care system
Under Nicholson’s plan, the CHT would be abolished. Instead, corporate and personal income tax points, or HST points, equivalent to the $43-billion CHT could be transferred to the provinces, allowing them to increase provincial tax rates and revenues, while federal taxes would be reduced by the equivalent amount so there should be no increase in the overall level of taxes paid by Canadians.
Signs of Ontario inching towards a health-care deal may ‘break the logjam’ so other provinces follow suit, as premiers’ united front shows cracks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s recent moves on health care and Ottawa’s reaction to them show a ‘pragmatic’ relationship exists, says Liberal strategist Greg MacEachern.
‘Shock’ to supply chains to come following eased COVID-19 restrictions in China
The Lunar New Year is a ‘wildcard’ when it comes to the possible spread of COVID-19 among migrant workers in China, says Alan Cai, a professor of supply chain management.
