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The grieving mother of a murdered teen pleads for a stronger social safety net
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Expanding the social safety net to address the root causes of crime therefore requires recognizing the vital contributions these organizations make to public safety — and providing them with stable funding to carry out their responsibilities. The vast disparities in government funding between police services and non-police organizations that work directly with people struggling with mental health, chemical dependencies and homelessness indicates that far more must be done to make this happen.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Troubled life reveals gaps that led to murder
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Failures of the health care system become problems the criminal justice system is expected to solve, even though it’s ill suited to do so. That said, the criminal justice system does play a role in issuing and enforcing orders for treatment and counselling… The only way we will solve these problems is by making a full-throated commitment to repair our frayed social safety net, to mend the gaps… and protect innocent people.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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A plan to end partner violence
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
… far from protecting women and other innocent individuals, our over reliance on criminal justice might actually be increasing the risks for survivors of intimate partner violence… Given the control often exerted over survivors, the reports emphasize the need for economic security, housing, safe spaces and social and mental health services for survivors. And that in turn means ensuring consistent, stable funding for organizations that provide such assistance.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, mental Health
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The provinces’ poor-us act on health care is wearing thin
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
The provinces chose to ignore those tax-point grants in the recent funding debate. But a new round of tax-point transfers makes sense: it would put the ability to generate health care dollars – and the responsibility for how well they are spent – in the hands of the provinces that deliver the services.
Tags: budget, economy, jurisdiction, mental Health, tax
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Making time for that vital “one more thing” in health care
Saturday, March 11th, 2023
Team-based care is one of four opportunities for innovation and transformation that Canada’s physicians are calling for… Ensuring doctors, nurses, and other health professionals can practise across Canada more easily will help… Next, let’s cut more red tape on data gathering and information sharing… Finally, doing better by health workers means integrated workforce planning on a national scale.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Ontario, federal government reach agreement in principle on health care
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
… the province accepted the 10-year deal on Wednesday after the two sides agreed to add reviews into the deal to ensure long-term sustainability… The priority areas outlined in the deal include mental health, primary care and increasing the number of health-care workers… Duclos said the province’s bilateral agreement would include working toward certain health indicators, agreeing to provide “equity of access’’ for underserved groups and upholding the Canada Health Act…
Tags: budget, featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Province changing health-care status quo: MPP
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
… Your Health: A Plan for Convenient and Connected Care… lays out a broad series of initiatives that will provide the right care in the right place, deliver faster access to care and hire more health-care workers… the plan includes expanding the role of pharmacists… Youth Wellness Hubs; and expanding team-based care through Ontario Health Teams to better connect and co-ordinate people’s care within their own community.
Tags: Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Steps to a First Class Canadian Health Information System
Saturday, February 11th, 2023
1st… all parties benefit from better data… 2nd… identify the current data shortcomings… a collaborative task between levels of government… 3rd, the federal government should agree to pay for the incremental costs of the new system… 4th… with StatsCan, CIHI, and others, senior levels of government should establish protocols for the analysis and distribution of the improved health information… [and] 5th, some issues will need Canada-wide policy development
Tags: Health, mental Health, standard of living
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A courageous plan required for primary care reform
Monday, February 6th, 2023
… two essential building blocks of the people-centred health reform we favour are timely access to primary care and the use of data. Data is a key tool to empower the users of the system and to support health care workers who need to care for people as they move through the system, from primary care office to hospital to home care and back… Even more than money, we need… Courage to make transformative changes. That starts with the foundation of the health system, which is primary care.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Five things to know about health-care talks Tuesday between Trudeau, premiers
Monday, February 6th, 2023
… some sort of federal health transfer dates from 1957, when Ottawa offered 50-50 funding for health care to provinces that agreed to provide public hospital services based on national standards. It has evolved and changed at least five times since then, including splitting the federal share between cash and a transfer of tax points — when the federal government cut its income tax rates and the provinces could raise their own in exchange.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, Seniors, standard of living
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