Ya’ara Saks, Canada’s new minister of mental health and addictions, inherits a complex portfolio and an opioid crisis that has only gotten worse almost every year since 2016. Lawyers and experts say they would like to see the new minister take a holistic approach to the crisis and act swiftly to protect and expand harm … Read more
Toronto Public Health (TPH) is raising concerns that potential provincial changes to its funding formula could have a dramatic impact on some of the services it provides. In a presentation to TPH’s Budget Committee this week, staff said a number of programs would be at risk if the province follows an earlier plan to cut … Read more
Health Canada says a medical clinic in Calgary that soon plans to charge its patients a fee to gain faster access to a family doctor would violate medicare laws. The federal agency says Alberta risks losing federal health transfer payments if it doesn’t do something about it, but Prime Minister Danielle Smith says if rules … Read more