« Older Entries | Newer Entries »
Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations children. Silence is no longer an option
Saturday, September 14th, 2019
Greater numbers of Canadians are beginning to see the overwhelming evidence of federal government discrimination against First Nations children and are demanding action… Enough is enough… Now is the time for a comprehensive plan.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
Posted in Equality Delivery System | No Comments »
Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations children. Silence is no longer an option
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
Greater numbers of Canadians are beginning to see the overwhelming evidence of federal government discrimination against First Nations children and are demanding action… Enough is enough. After 112 years, Canada’s piecemeal approach to equity is a proven failure. Now is the time for a comprehensive plan.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
Posted in Equality Debates | No Comments »
Tribunal dismisses case of Grayson Kahn, boy with autism expelled from Guelph, Ont., school
Monday, September 9th, 2019
“… parents do not have the right to dictate the accommodations which their children will be provided with to access education… While parents have the right to provide input as part of the accommodation process – which Ms. Kahn did in this case – they must accept reasonable accommodations offered by the school board…
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, rights, youth
Posted in Education Delivery System | No Comments »
Trudeau government reaches agreement with Ontario to build French-language university scrapped by Ford
Monday, September 9th, 2019
… last week, Mr. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced it had secured half of the funding for the estimated $126-million project, and it invited Ottawa to kick in the other half. The school is expected to be located in Southwestern Ontario, and the province has said it will take eight years to be completed.
Tags: budget, multiculturalism, rights, youth
Posted in Education Debates | No Comments »
It’s time for Canada to embrace the legal regulation of drugs
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Public health leaders in Canada realize that moving toward a legally regulated supply of drugs to replace the toxic and deadly criminally controlled supply, with all its negative impacts on public safety, is in the best interests of the public health and safety goals of Canadians.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »
‘Nobody can afford this’: Family left helpless after Health Canada approves official version of prescription eye drops
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
“You can argue, ‘There’s not many patients,’ ” Dr. Midgley said. “Well, we’ve probably just signed off on a million dollars-worth a year of eye drops … for the first 10 patients… We need to provide [patients] with adequate medication and we should be grateful that there are companies taking that up. But it’s going to add to the cost spiral, and it will make health care, sooner or later, unaffordable.”
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »
Trudeau government outlines five-year, $148-million plan to attract more foreign students to Canadian universities
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
The government is targeting countries with a large and growing middle class that may not yet have the higher-education capacity to educate all their students, or where the prospect of a Canadian education in English or French holds appeal… The strategy also allocates $95-million to encourage Canadian students to study and build ties abroad, particularly in Asia and Latin America, rather than the common destinations of the U.S., Britain and Australia.
Tags: budget, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, youth
Posted in Education Policy Context | No Comments »
Drug-price reforms need not affect research on rare diseases – or the Canadians who have them
Monday, August 26th, 2019
Pricing on these drugs is not subject to market forces in that even as competition comes into the market, the drug prices do not fall… We hope that patients, advocacy groups and physicians continue to collaborate with manufacturers and regulatory agencies on… strategies that attempt to bring more transparency and value for health-related outcomes into drug-pricing models.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
What’s next for the Senate: We must get more independence
Sunday, August 25th, 2019
A less-partisan, more independent Senate is the right direction for the further reform and modernization of the institution and for the broad public legitimacy that is required for the legislative body to play its role as a chamber of sober second thought. Senators may not be running for election every four years, but we are running for the Senate’s credibility and legitimacy each and every day that we serve in Parliament.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, Senate
Posted in Governance Debates | No Comments »
The digital revolution is coming to health care. Are we ready?
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
We are told that there are overwhelming privacy concerns with electronic communication. Again, this is bunk. If we can safely do our banking online, we can certainly manage health interactions… What technology does is to empower consumers. It may also cost doctors and hospitals in dollars and power… Technology is going to change the patient-clinician relationship.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Recent Comments