Finance & Capital Management

Health Minister Tyler Shandro said nurses and front-line workers will not lose their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is no question globally there is a powerful movement towards passive (index) investing and the use of exchange traded funds (ETFs) as an investment vehicle to access those indices. The question is why is this happening? First, we must review the "what."

Started in 2015, the network of pharmacies is spread out across the country in every province except Quebec and Nova Scotia.

Dr. Meili noted the funding commitment would be enough to hire 100 doctors, 150 registered nurses, 300 licensed practical nurses and 500 clinical care assistance, as one example of how it could be distributed.

In the province of Ontario, the Personal Health Information Protection Act of 2004 is currently being updated and we must be informed and advocate for better data laws. The Competition Act in Canada is the oldest antitrust law in the western hemisphere, even older than the U.S. Sherman Act of 1890. It does not have modern teeth to allow our government to do to the new class of robber barons what was done a century ago.

Just halfway through a five-year agreement between the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical (pCPA) Alliance and the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA), the deal has produced $2 billion in savings.