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Ottawa’s $13-billion housing gamble is missing a critical safeguard

  • An occupational therapy review of standardized modular templates could ensure that every unit built from those plans meets basic functional accessibility standards.
Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 28, 2026
Treat universal design as essential for building resilience and preventing health problems, not as a bonus feature, writes Irving Gold. Unsplash photograph by Raj Tuladhar

Ottawa’s $13-billion housing gamble is missing a critical safeguard

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 28, 2026
  • An occupational therapy review of standardized modular templates could ensure that every unit built from those plans meets basic functional accessibility standards.

Ottawa’s $13-billion housing gamble is missing a critical safeguard

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 28, 2026
  • An occupational therapy review of standardized modular templates could ensure that every unit built from those plans meets basic functional accessibility standards.
Treat universal design as essential for building resilience and preventing health problems, not as a bonus feature, writes Irving Gold. Unsplash photograph by Raj Tuladhar

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

  • If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the
Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | October 8, 2025
Minister Mandy Gull-Masty
Minister Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. Process is policy. Right now, process defects are doing the damage, writes Irving Gold. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | October 8, 2025
  • If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | October 8, 2025
  • If the federal government publishes tight service standards, merges duplicative forms, pays on time, and reports honestly, families and front-line clinicians will feel the
Minister Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. Process is policy. Right now, process defects are doing the damage, writes Irving Gold. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nurses, doctors aren’t only front-line workers in need of the first wave of vaccine doses

  • Canadians breathed a huge sigh of relief when the federal government approved the first COVID-19 vaccine and saw the first immunizations take place. The
Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 13, 2021
When it is determined that health care providers are due to receive vaccinations—as is happening right now across the country—we need an equitable and fair decision-making process to decide which of them are vaccinated first. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Nurses, doctors aren’t only front-line workers in need of the first wave of vaccine doses

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 13, 2021
  • Canadians breathed a huge sigh of relief when the federal government approved the first COVID-19 vaccine and saw the first immunizations take place. The

Nurses, doctors aren’t only front-line workers in need of the first wave of vaccine doses

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | January 13, 2021
  • Canadians breathed a huge sigh of relief when the federal government approved the first COVID-19 vaccine and saw the first immunizations take place. The
When it is determined that health care providers are due to receive vaccinations—as is happening right now across the country—we need an equitable and fair decision-making process to decide which of them are vaccinated first. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Too many front-line workers not getting personal protective equipment

  • Our health-care professionals in direct contact with patients who are infected, or presumed to be infected, with COVID-19, are making the selfless decision to
Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | May 6, 2020
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured April 30, is helping managing the feds' ongoing response to the coronavirus. All front-line professionals are equal, but some are more equal than others, it seems, writes Irving Gold of the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Too many front-line workers not getting personal protective equipment

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | May 6, 2020
  • Our health-care professionals in direct contact with patients who are infected, or presumed to be infected, with COVID-19, are making the selfless decision to

Too many front-line workers not getting personal protective equipment

Opinion | BY IRVING GOLD | May 6, 2020
  • Our health-care professionals in direct contact with patients who are infected, or presumed to be infected, with COVID-19, are making the selfless decision to
Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured April 30, is helping managing the feds' ongoing response to the coronavirus. All front-line professionals are equal, but some are more equal than others, it seems, writes Irving Gold of the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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