Finance & Capital Management

Former pharmacist convicted after hiring hitman to kill his ex-partner

Peterborough pharamacist Doug Shier paid an undercover officer a$1,500 deposit
Alberta pharmacists facing fraud trial plead guilty to taking $300,000 worth in secret commissions

Under Co-op policy, incentives are the property of the store, but between 2010 and 2015, the two pharmacists accepted gift cards and paid travel without telling their employer
Alberta doctors reach new fee deal with province but still to be ratified by members
Nova Scotia increases health system complexity at the cost of actual care

Strangely, the health authority seems to believe that increasing the administrative burden on clinicians won’t decrease care
The OMA needs a succession plan
House of Commons committee releases blueprint for national pharmacare program

Several healthcare groups have expressed their support for the 18 recommendations, but many questions remain—particularly around cost
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Quebec's resident physicians vote overwhelmingly in favour of tentative agreement

The agreement provides for a 5.25% salary increase over five years

Cost of extended drug patents pegged at $270M a year for feds, $392M for Canadians