The Canadian Dental Care Plan must prioritize prevention and accessibility
Dental hygienists are poised and ready to fill the gaps that currently exist in oral health-care services across the country.
COVID dealt Canada’s multiple sclerosis community a major blow—it’s time to close the gap
A new report reveals nearly $600-million in additional costs from the pandemic health-care system disruption through a blend of delayed MS diagnosis, and delayed or foregone treatment.
Jews can’t be safe so long as other people are unsafe, says Toronto reader
Right now, Israelis and Palestinians are trapped in a wheel of generational destruction that grows more dizzying, more disastrous, and more circuitous by the second. As a Jew whose family averted the horror of the Holocaust by making a life in Israel, this might be the single hardest sentence I’ve had to write because it […]
Avoid stigmatizing MAID for those with mental illnesses: Dying with Dignity rep
Re: “Preserving hope for Canadians with mental illness,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 11, p. 10). Canada should continue to prioritize and invest in improving access to mental health services and supports, but it’s important for people across the country to understand that a medical assistance in dying (MAID) assessment is a rigorous and thorough process […]
Feds missed chance to support eradicating TB, says Results Canada
The historic Sept. 22 United Nations high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) lacked ambition from Canada in the fight to end the world’s deadliest infectious disease. TB claims around 4,400 lives every day—despite being preventable and curable—and yet, the Canadian government missed its opportunity to help change this statistic. Canada failed to re-commit to contributing its […]
Appointment backlog dragging Parliament down
Over the past few weeks, a large spotlight has been put on the inner workings of the House of Commons, namely, who’s in charge. Lots of questions have been asked following the recognition of a former Nazi soldier in the House Chamber during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Sept. 22 address to Parliament. Liberal MP Anthony […]
A week of destruction, carnage, and provocation that lit the Middle East powder keg
The region is the scene of urgent diplomatic and military manoeuvres desperately trying to head off an expansion of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
How do we preserve the great multicultural experiment?
There must be a positive way of encouraging diaspora populations to think of themselves as part of the Canadian fabric.
Political leadership pulling through in the hard moments
Times like these require smart, wise, experienced, and attuned leadership, which the various political players are delivering. Let’s hope it can be sustained.
Selective acknowledgement of humanity a grim sign of the times
As we rightfully mourn the Israelis murdered by Hamas, political leaders continue to demonstrate that Palestinians are acceptable collateral damage in this war, and that their lives are up to the whims of the Israeli government.
