Procrastination on Canada Health Act interpretation leaves patients with the bill
We’ve all missed a deadline or two, but, as happens too often, delays in key policy updates have real and harmful consequences for our patients’ access to care.
Some Dogs Allowed? Rescue groups hope more reasonable border restrictions could lead to loosened dog import suspension
Golden Rescue co-chair Viive Tamm says the new Canada-U.S. restrictions are an opportunity for Canada to take another look at its own rules for dog imports.
We need to talk about breast cancer
In addition to equipping patients with the right information, we must ensure our health-care system is collecting the right data.
Failing migrant rights, failing public health
Many people living in Canada with HIV and hepatitis C cannot access health care. The status quo is unacceptable for those who wish to call Canada home, and for Canadians who understand the critical importance of public health and human rights.
Why Canadians say we can’t ignore the private health care elephant in the room any longer
The status quo is no longer sustainable, and we need to reimagine how we deliver health-care services now and into the coming years.
Canada’s perinatal depression advice puts mothers at risk
Canada’s Task Force on Preventive Health Care is going against other countries’ screening guidelines, failing to recognize the urgency and danger of unidentified perinatal depression.
Stepping up for Afghan-Canadian language and cultural advisers and their families
Since LCAs are considered contractors, they aren’t eligible for mental health services from Veterans Affairs Canada, unlike the soldiers they accompanied in Afghanistan.
The best cancer outcomes start with strong provincial cancer action plans
Each weekend, 1,350 Canadians hear the life-altering words, ‘You have cancer.’ The need for robust, comprehensive provincial cancer action plans across Canada has never been more critical.
Disaster management must include ways to tackle gender-based violence
Without action to prevent gender-based violence, the long-term consequences of the 2023 wildfire season will fall on the shoulders of already overburdened frontline health-care workers.
Dental care plan a generational chance for change
Canada has taken historic strides in dental care and accessibility to help vulnerable people across the country.
