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- 7/1/2020
Migrant farm workers 'hiding' from COVID-19 testing: Doug Ford
Workers in the Windsor, Essex region of Ontario are not getting tested over fear of their immigration status or payment, Ford suggested - 7/1/2020
Save income taxes using spousal loans
Canadian physicians pay a substantial amount of income taxes. This is because of Canada’s graduated tax system, which means that the more money you earn, the higher the percentage of your income you will pay in taxes. This tax fatigue has increased in the aggregate because of the Trudeau government’s 2017 tax reform for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPCs), including medical corporations. Many physicians who were income splitting through their medical corporation can no longer save taxes using this income-splitting strategy because of the change in tax legislation. - 7/1/2020
More than 50 Canadian MDs sign letter calling to defund the police
The founders of the group Doctors for Defunding Police argue that reform to address systemic racism in policing is impossible - 7/1/2020
Alberta College of Pharmacy appoints RPhT as president
Dana Lyons has become the first pharmacy technician to hold the prestigious position of president of a Canadian pharmacy regulatory body with her appointment to the Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP). - 7/1/2020
Toronto city council makes masks mandatory in indoor public spaces
Mayors from the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area asked Premier Doug Ford to make masks mandatory across Ontario, but the premier rejected the idea - 7/1/2020
Immortality can't be all it's cracked up to be
The logistics we fail to consider when we talk about living forever - 7/1/2020
Lynch syndrome: evidence mounting for ASA prophylaxis, but uncertainties remain
Longer-term results of CAPP2 study support use of ASA for prevention of colorectal cancer in patients with Lynch syndrome - 6/29/2020
Ottawa granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation
Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to conform with a provincial court ruling. In a written decision released Monday, Justice Frederic Bachand wrote that Ottawa will have until Dec. 18, 2020, to make the necessary changes—allowing a delay requested by federal lawyers last week.