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Canada failing on palliative care
We are about to become a country that extends patients the right to a hastened death, but offers no legislative guarantees or assurances that they will be well looked after until they die. As Canada deliberates its response to the court’s decision, federal and provincial governments will need to make substantive investments in hospice and palliative care in order to offer patients and families choices that are equitable, compassionate and real.
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, pensions, standard of living
Posted in Child & Family Debates | No Comments »
Gov’t spending should be fair to all age groups
Retirees now report the lowest rates of low-income status of any age group, while more than a quarter of Canadian children start kindergarten vulnerable in ways that make them more likely to fail in school, commit crimes, and fall ill. Canadians in their 40s and younger also inherit larger government and environmental debts than their parents did a generation ago. Such evidence suggests that younger generations need to become a greater priority for policy adaptation by our governments.
Tags: budget, child care, globalization, ideology, pensions, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Equality Debates | No Comments »
How Harper created a more conservative Canada
Nine years after Stephen Harper was sworn in as prime minister, we are a more conservative land… Absolutely not, you say? Then would you support increasing the GST by two percentage points? Do you want to relax parole eligibility for sex offenders? Would you get behind some big new national program, even if it infuriated Quebec and Alberta? … If a ship filled with refugee claimants appears, should we just let them in? And how do you think your neighbours would answer these questions?
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, economy, globalization, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, rights, tax
Posted in Governance History | 1 Comment »
Meet the man injured Ontario workers ‘love to hate’
… “tailor-made” programs with flexible recuperation deadlines… if you don’t get a worker back within 90 days of their injury, the chances that they ever go back to work drop by 50 per cent… the WSIB hired 300 additional staff to help those injured “negotiate” their way back… The unfunded liability has been shrunk from a high of $14.2 billion to just over $9 billion in five years, the number of workers not back to work after a year has dropped by more than half and lost time claims have dropped by 17 per cent
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, pensions, standard of living
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Be careful what you wish for on doctors’ billings
… go ahead and make our OHIP billings public… it’s only fair that doctors get to reveal what they take home after covering office expenses, staff salaries and benefits, and medical supplies. as a family doctor, my take-home pay is slightly more than that of your typical school teacher . . . but without the perks, the pension and the summers off. Oh, and by the way, no Freedom 55 either. And don’t even get me started on what hospital administrators and politicians are paid.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, pensions, privatization
Posted in Health Delivery System | No Comments »
Prepare for the Coming Crush of Long-Term Care Patients
A multi-pronged solution to better target means-tested public subsidies and allow growth of private insurance and savings should be pursued, according to the authors. Policymakers could do so in a manner that assures LTC access for those who need it but can’t afford it. And because many Canadians today believe, somewhat falsely, that governments will pay for their future LTC costs, reforms must encourage individuals to take on greater responsibility to pay for their own future LTC.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, pensions, privatization, standard of living, tax
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »
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