Time to fix the Tory government’s failures on health care
I would first like to begin by welcoming new Health Minister Rona Ambrose to her new role on the health file. I hope the minister is keen to get to work on the many challenges facing our public health-care system, as I certainly am. Canadians can’t wait for access to high quality health care—the time […]
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
It has been an honour to serve as the chair of the Standing Committee on Health over the past six years. During this time, I have had the privilege of hearing testimony from dedicated health-care professionals, health researchers, and scientists, and numerous Canadians who are suffering from an illness or disease or have an […]
Innovation key to building a sustainable, efficient health-care system in Canada
There’s nothing more important than having good health. As Canadians we value our health and health-care system and we expected it to be there for us when we need it. Our government remains committed to a strong, publicly-funded system guided by the Canada Health Act. Federal health transfers are the highest in Canadian history […]
Health advocates say feds MIA on social determinants of health
Community health centre advocates want the federal government to show leadership through targeted funding aimed at addressing the social determinants of health. “We’ve got 300,000 kids living in poverty in this country, we’ve got a lot of people living in homelessness. We’ve got to start addressing those issues,” CMA president Dr. Louis Francescutti told […]
Provinces brace for post-Health Accord demographic squeeze
Provincial and territorial governments will need to spend health-care dollars more effectively in the years ahead as more Canadians enter retirement age and the feds look to curb the growth of the Canada Health Transfer. Health-care costs are expected to balloon in the years ahead as more baby boomers enter retirement. The first baby […]
New Health Minister Ambrose seen as a ‘fixer’
Rona Ambrose has a reputation as a fixer within Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Cabinet and the medical community is hoping she’ll continue to play that role now that she’s been appointed federal Health minister. Ms. Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove) has made only a few public appearances and announcements as Minister of Health since being appointed […]
Weiner says Quebec charter to break up Canada
OTTAWA—Gerry Weiner was speaking at a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Japanese-Canadian Redress Settlement back in 1988, during the Mulroney days, when Weiner served as the multiculturalism minister and was charged with coming up with an agreement. Weiner, a big Montreal booster, grew up in the city when anti-Semitism was a […]
Is Quebec stepping away from progress?
This is one issue where Quebec is really a distinct society as compared to the rest of Canada. Laïcité, or French secularity, a more profound form of secularism, is a value deeply rooted in Quebec society. By contrast, secularism in the rest of Canada is an accepted approach but in a more casual way. […]
One of biggest hurdles to innovation is access to capital: Rickford
Since becoming minister of State for Science and Technology, I have been meeting with as many members of Canada’s science and technology community as possible. Whether they work in universities, colleges, research institutes, businesses or government labs, I have been struck by the innovative spirit that exists in our country and the dedication and […]
