Posts Tagged ‘jurisdiction’

« Older Entries |

We must confront the reality that Canada has a four-tier health care system

Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

The key question is whether… market-driven alternatives for personal health care can be thoughtfully integrated with the public system, augmenting services while assuring no one is left without access to all aspects of care, including acute, chronic, and preventive. At present, we’re not looking at solutions that reconcile both perspectives.

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »


Why doesn’t Doug Ford care about funding colleges and universities? Because you don’t care either

Friday, January 24th, 2025

Shortly after taking power in 2018, with colleges and universities starved for money, the premier further reduced their cash flow by ordering every campus to cut tuition by 10 per cent… But those tuition dollars weren’t his to cut — the money was remitted by students. More to the point, his government didn’t consider making up the difference to keep universities and colleges whole, leaving them in a deeper fiscal hole.

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Education Debates | No Comments »


Ontario’s nurse practitioners urge province for clarity on publicly funded care

Saturday, January 18th, 2025

Canada has witnessed the arrival of companies offering for-profit medical care, including care delivered online, in which patients are charged a fee to access primary care from both doctors and NPs.  Holland’s office said the minister’s new interpretation of the Canada Health Act leaves it up to the provinces and territories to decide if virtual health services are incorporated into their public health plans. 

Tags: , ,
Posted in Health Delivery System | No Comments »


Does the Canada Health Act require reinterpretation, or a more fundamental rethink?

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

The Canada Health Act clearly states that “physician services” and “hospital services” are covered by medicare. There is nothing about “physician-equivalent services.” … But, if some of the work of NPs, pharmacists and midwives is to be considered essential, what about psychologists, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals? And while we’re at it: Should everything doctors do be considered medically necessary and covered by medicare?

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »


Free treatment for adults with depression and anxiety now available in Ontario 

Sunday, January 12th, 2025

Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) is a free program for adults 18+ experiencing depression or anxiety-related concerns. Available virtually, by phone and in-person, OSP offers a range of services designed to address patient concerns and teach practical coping skills and strategies.

Tags: , ,
Posted in Health Delivery System | No Comments »


Access to care: 5 principles for action on primary health-care teams

Friday, January 10th, 2025

… a “health home”…would guarantee every person access to a primary care team close to where they live. The Primary Care Action Team has announced its plans to achieve this goal within five years. A health home is the front door to the health system and includes a team of primary care providers that supports an individual’s health and wellness; co-ordinating care across the system and through every stage of their lives… based on where you live… just as you would have access to your local school.

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Health Delivery System | No Comments »


The push for a national caregiving strategy

Thursday, January 9th, 2025

A fundamental goal of a national caregiving strategy must be to change the narrative about care work and fully articulate the value it provides society and what we stand to lose in economic and human terms if we don’t support carers. A fundamental part of this work involves acknowledging and addressing the outsized burden of care carried by women and racialized people… a national caregiving strategy will make the issue of care politically and socially unignorable and will drive recognition that care work is skilled, dignified, necessary, and worthy of proper compensation.

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Child & Family Delivery System | No Comments »


Canada, the 51st state? Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers could ward off Donald Trump

Thursday, January 9th, 2025

… if interprovincial trade barriers were removed, there would be an improvement in Canadian productivity of between three and seven per cent. In dollar terms, that would add $50-$130 billion dollars to Canada’s economy. The CFIB findings put the figure at $200 billion, or $5,100 per person… Bringing down barriers to trade across Canadian provinces would create conditions that could enable Canadian companies to be more competitive internationally, and beyond the U.S. market in particular.

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Debates | No Comments »


9 supervised consumption sites in Ontario are switching to drug recovery treatment hubs

Monday, January 6th, 2025

The sites selected are within 200 metres of schools and licensed child-care centres in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener, Guelph and Thunder Bay. They will be converted into what the province calls Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, with 10 others also being created across the province… Applications for the remaining HART Hubs are under review and will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tags: , ,
Posted in Health Delivery System | No Comments »


New child care fees take effect in Ontario on Jan. 1: Here’s what families need to know 

Friday, January 3rd, 2025

As of Jan. 1, 2025, fees are capped at $22 per day for children under the age of six — but only if your licensed child care provider is enrolled with the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care system… According to a Statistics Canada report, parents in 2023 paid an average of $7,557 annually for the main full-time (30 or more hours per week) child care arrangement for their child five years of age and younger… an average of $630 per month for full-time child care, or $30 per day.

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Child & Family Delivery System | No Comments »


« Older Entries |